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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 is the weather like in India?

2. Who says, "nothing embraces the whole of India, nothing, nothing, and that was Akbar's mistake."

3. What best characterizes the celebration of the holiday occurring at the same time that Fielding travels into the city?

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

5. Hamidullah is surprised that ______is taking Dr, Aziz's side against his own people.

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Cyril Fielding's response to Adela Quested's accusations well accepted?

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

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

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

5. What are Cyril Fielding's opinions of the English occupation?

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

7. What is the significance of the Mohurram holiday?

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

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

10. Describe the Marabar Caves.

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, the heat is mentioned on multiple occasions. For example, during the trial, every action and emotion is influenced by the extreme heat, especially since the courtroom is filled with multiple people, and there is obviously no air conditioning. How does the heat affect the general feeling of the novel? Give examples of how the heat serves as a metaphor for other events in the novel.

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