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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. In what month is Chapter 10 set?

2. With what are Nancy Derek and Mrs. McBryde helping Adela Quested?

3. What does Nawab Bahudar do in response to the Bridge Party invitation?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does the climate play within the novel?

2. Why does Mrs. Moore go back to England?

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

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

5. Describe Mrs. Moore's attitude towards Adela Quested and the case.

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

7. Where is Adela Quested when she can't be found?

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

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

10. Who are Aziz's friends, and how can they be described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One conflict that Forster has set up is between religions. Aziz is Muslim and does not understand or feel comfortable with either Hindu or Christian. However, he does admire Professor Godbole, who, although he is of a superior caste and would be expected to look down on everyone else, is kind and friendly. What other examples of religious conflict contribute to the feeling of the novel? How do these religious conflicts compare to other conflicts in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

At one point in the book Fielding claims, "I travel light." Does Fielding travel as light as he claims? What attachments does he have to the people and places around him that might affect his ability to "travel light"?

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