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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. Who does Flora say is the only person who has a key to the icebox?

2. What kind of painting does Anish have with him?

3. What mythical figure does Flora wonder if her portrait will resemble?

4. What kind of meat does the pate contain?

5. What does Nazrul tell Das has happened to the pate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Flora and Captain Durance talk about?

2. What do Das and Flora say about religion?

3. What happened to the first portrait of Flora?

4. Describe Mrs. Swan's first meeting with her husband?

5. What did Churchill say would happen if Britain lost India?

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

7. What does Flora fear during her lecture?

8. Why does the Rajah want to drive his cars past Flora?

9. Why is Flora worried about Nazrul?

10. What information does the Rajah have for Pike about Flora?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does view the twentieth century? What impact has his own ideas on popular culture? Has his impact been mainly positive, or mainly negative?

Essay Topic 2

What are the main turning points of the novel? How does Stoppard develop his story to get to each turning point? What happens to the story after a major turning point?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following historical figures in Stoppard's novel and discuss how Stoppard represents them in Indian Ink and why he represents that person in that manner? Are there people who would argue against Stoppard's representation of that person's life?

1. D. H Lawrence.

2. The Rajah.

3. John Chamberlain.

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