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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 does Flora tell Das she is having difficulty with?

2. What decade is Flora's part of the play set in?

3. For which society is Mr. Coomaraswami the President?

4. What is Das carrying with him when he arrives at Flora's house?

5. What is the name of Flora's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anish say the authorities put his father into prison?

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

3. How does Das think people learned of Flora's illness?

4. What does Anish tell Mrs. Swan about his father's background?

5. Why has Pike come to visit Mrs. Swan?

6. What does Anish say about Indian paintings?

7. What happened to the first portrait of Flora?

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

9. What does Flora tell Das about how her sister?

10. Why does Mrs. Swan dislike biographies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme.

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

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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