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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 are Mrs. Swan and Anish talking about?

2. What does Flora do as Das sets up his painting gear?

3. What does Das say was his ex-wife's build?

4. What name does Flora use to address Mrs. Swan?

5. How does Anish know his father did not finish the painting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening in both eras at the beginning of Act 2, Part 5?

2. Who is the young man waiting in Mrs. Swan's garden?

3. What does Flora tell Nell in the letter she narrates in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

5. What does the passage Flora reads from the book describe?

6. What does Flora fear during her lecture?

7. Why does Anish decide not to tell Pike about his father's watercolor?

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

9. Why does Mrs. Swan cry about Flora?

10. What do Flora and Das say about Chamberlain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare India to the country it was under British rule to the independent country it is today. How has Indian independence affected the county in the following areas:

1) Poverty.

2) Crime.

3) Economy.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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