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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of communication does Flora use to narrate her journey?

2. What does Mrs. Swan say was the only thing people cared about Flora when she was alive?

3. What decade is Mrs. Swan's part of the play set in?

4. Why does Das have to stop painting Flora?

5. What does Pike say is the most exciting part of his work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Swan dislike biographies?

2. What are Flora and Durance doing in the historic part of the stage?

3. What does Flora say about E.M Forster in this act?

4. Why does Mrs. Swan cry about Flora?

5. What does Flora say about the watercolor Das gives her?

6. Why does Flora say Mrs. Swan probably has more news about India than herself?

7. What does Flora say Das has to do to become a true artist?

8. What does Flora mean by the enemy?

9. What did Anish's father leave him after his death?

10. What does Anish say about Indian paintings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's life. In what way are his life and personality reflected in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the characters in the novel and discuss how he or she would cope in one of the following scenarios:

1. The Indian nationalists declare war against the British.

2. The Rajah is assassinated.

3. Das fathers Flora's child.

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Essay Topic 3

Aside from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

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