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

2. Where does Mrs. Swan keep the rolled canvas?

3. Where did Das draw his pencil sketch of Flora?

4. Who is Flora writing to in Act 1, Part 5?

5. Who does Flora say she is going to a party with that evening?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Anish say about Indian paintings?

4. What does Mrs. Swan tell Anish about Indian history?

5. How did Durance hear about Flora's illness?

6. What do Flora and Das say about Chamberlain?

7. What reason does Flora give Durance for coming to India?

8. What is rasa?

9. How does Das help Flora when she collapses?

10. What do Flora and Captain Durance talk about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

INDIAN INK is a play. What are the differences between a film and a play in terms of the following:

1. Language

2. Character

3. Structure

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.

4.

5.

Essay Topic 3

Look at the cultural gap between the characters. What different experiences did each of the main character go through? What problems does the cultural gap cause the characters?

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