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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. How does Susila compare the grief of her husband's passing?

2. Who was Andrew MacPhail's second patient after the Raja?

3. What does the Rani believe will save humanity?

4. What does Mr. Bahu say the plague of the twentieth century is?

5. What does the doctor remind Will to do at 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Will find humiliating about working as a journalist?

2. What were three things that were reformed, and why were they so widely accepted?

3. Why was Will never interested in power? Quote from the text.

4. What are Murugan's plans for Pala?

5. What does Will believe was the result of the Rani's teachings to Murugan?

6. What is the primary difference between the pain of Susila and Will?

7. What are practices of James and Janet MacPhail on their children that would be outlawed today?

8. Murugan appears at Will's bed and engages in a dialogue. What does this dialogue portray Murugan to be?

9. What does nurse Radha say the correct way of going about treating someone is?

10. What strikes fear into Will's heart?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Pala's views on literature, and the purpose literature serves in our culture. Whose version of what literature is and does more accurate? Is it entirely subjective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the social benefits and possible downfalls of a MAC family over a dysfunctional family of our world. What are the similarities and differences? What are the pro's and con's?

Essay Topic 3

How do the Palanese prevent a great leader from arising?

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