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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 Dr. Aziz say when Adela Quested asks if he is married?

2. When Dr. Aziz returns home, he finds the invitation from Cyril Fielding to tea. He is ____.

3. Who questions the allegations and insists on talking to Adela?

4. Why does Cyril Fielding want to talk to Adela Quested after Dr. Aziz's arrest?

5. How does Adela Quested say she tried to stop the attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cyril Fielding's thoughts on atheism.

2. Why is Cyril Fielding unsure about hiring Amritrao?

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

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

5. How does Adela Quested offend Dr. Aziz on the picnic, before they enter the caves?

6. How do the plans to go to the cave get rekindled?

7. Describe the setting of the novel.

8. What is the purpose of the women gathering before the trial with Adela Quested?

9. How does Ronny Heaslop react to Adela Quested's situation?

10. How does Cyril Fielding react to the discovery of the letter to the brothel owner?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often in novels, authors use one or more characters to argue their own viewpoints. Research Forster's own viewpoints. What character or set of characters do you think that Forster is using to communicate his own viewpoints? Is there a specific character that can be defined as Forster?

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

In the novel, some of the characters names seem to say something about their actual role in the novel. For example, Adela Quested is on a quest, or journey, in India and Fielding seems to spend much of his time fielding ideas from various other characters as one of the main moderators in the novel. What is the significance of a name in the novel? Who else has names that describe the role the character plays? Why do you think Forster chose to give these characters their names?

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