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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 do the women start treating Adela Quested after she accuses Dr. Aziz of attacking her?

2. What was in Dr. Aziz's pocket when the police searched him?

3. What does Mrs. Moore hear in the cave?

4. In what month is Chapter 10 set?

5. What does Adela Quested do after Dr. Aziz goes into the cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cyril Fielding go into the city?

2. Describe the setting of the novel.

3. What does Mrs. Moore notice regarding Ronny Heaslop's response to Cousin Kate?

4. Describe the Marabar Caves.

5. What happens when the party returns from the caves to Chandrapore?

6. Why is it significant that Dr. Aziz shows Cyril Fielding a picture of his wife?

7. Describe the difference in Nawab Bahadur and Mahmoud Ali's response to the bridge party invitation.

8. Describe the evidence against Dr. Aziz.

9. What does Mrs. Moore think of the caves?

10. How likely is it that Adela Quested will listen to Ronny Heaslop's demands that she not see Indians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. McBryde opens with "everyone knows the man's guilty," then goes on to give the details of the "assault." He ends by remarking that the darker races are physically attracted by the fairer, but not vice versa-a scientific fact, he claims. Describe how Mr. McBryde's remark characterizes the general attitude of the Anglo Indians. Explain the role that racial prejudice plays in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

In earlier versions of the book, Forster was much more explicit in the sexual aspects of the assault, and the strap of the field glasses was used to strangle Adela. In one version, she used the glasses as a weapon to free herself from her attacker. By the time Forster had revised the book for publication, the attack is much more ambiguous, tentative, and tenuous. What effect do you think Forster's edits have on the plot of the book? How would the plot of the book be different if he had not made these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Fielding is not well accepted in the Christian community, not because of his lack of faith, but because of his disapproval of their attitudes and behaviors, which clearly violate Christian teachings. What place does this irony have in the novel? Why do you think Fielding, as an atheist, is set up as the only one who embodies Christian values?

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