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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 Adela Quested say started the echo?
2. Why is Mr. Callendar upset at Dr. Aziz at the Bridge Party?
3. How do the women start treating Adela Quested after she accuses Dr. Aziz of attacking her?
4. Dr. Aziz has three children. Who do they live with?
5. Adela Quested had known Ronny Heaslop well in England and had come to India to visit him before deciding to be his wife. At the beginning of Chapter 8, how does Adela feel about Ronny?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the evidence against Dr. Aziz.
2. What is the significance of the Mohurram holiday?
3. What role does the climate play within the novel?
4. What is Aziz's reaction to Adela Quested's question before they enter the caves?
5. Is Cyril Fielding's response to Adela Quested's accusations well accepted?
6. Describe the difference in Nawab Bahadur and Mahmoud Ali's response to the bridge party invitation.
7. What happens when the party returns from the caves to Chandrapore?
8. Describe Cyril Fielding's thoughts on atheism.
9. What are Cyril Fielding's opinions of the English occupation?
10. Why does Cyril Fielding go into the city?
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
The identification of gender roles seems to play a key part in the development of the book. There is hesitancy to let white women have contact with Indians. What role do you think that the Anglo women play in the Indian society of the book? What responsibilities do the women have?
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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