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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 allows Aurora and Abie to reunite?

2. Who makes a pilgrimage to Malgudi on the river Sarayu, to see the great Mahatma Gandhi?

3. Who was the doorkeeper of Elephanta, Aurora's estate according to Moraes?

4. What does Moraes say he learns to accept?

5. Who helps Moraes cope with his deformity and rapid growth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Moraes left on his trail as he sits collecting his breath in the graveyard?

2. What is unusual about Moor's birth and growth?

3. What are the historical connections of the family Moor comes from?

4. How does Vasco Miranda come into the lives of the Zogoiby family?

5. What evidence does Camoens have that the ghost of his late wife is still in the house?

6. Why are Camoens and Aires given fifteen year prison sentences?

7. How is Aurora's wish fulfilled in Moraes?

8. What is the effect of the suicide pill Moor is forced to take half of at the prison?

9. How does Aurora manage to upset the Hindu-Muslim population of India?

10. What is the curse Epifania puts on Aurora as she sits there watching the old woman die without trying to help her in any way.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay of at least two typed, double spaced pages on undertones of an Oedipal Complex in The Moor's Last Sigh. Your points include:

(1) an explanation of the Greek tragedy, Oedipus Rex, (2) the suggestion of Moor posing nude for Aurora, and (3) the Moor painting where Aurora is Desdemona on the bed and Moor as Othello, lunging at her with a dagger.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay of at least two typed, double spaced pages The Importance of Good Fiction Writing. In your essay use these points:

(1) some fiction includes historical fact in such a way that learning history is fun reading, (2) some fiction uses the art form to get across moral principles without being preachy, and (3) some fiction is pure fantasy and relaxing to read.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay of at least two typed, double spaced pages on Power and Greed. Your essay should include the element of ruthlessness in the characters of Aurora, Abraham, Uma, and fielding. Give an opinion on how power corrupts each of those characters. Sum up with the end results of overreaching one's limitations.

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