View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Mrs. Moore attribute her spiritual crisis?

2. Who are the letters from that Dr. Aziz finds?

3. What happens regarding the rumor of Adela and Fielding?

4. As friends, where do Cyril Fielding and Dr. Aziz go to discuss the politics of India?

5. What does Ronny Heaslop tell Hamidullah and Cyril Fielding when he visits them after Mrs. Moore has left the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the lieutenant governor react to Cyril Fielding's handling of the trial?

2. Describe Cyril Fielding's trip.

3. What does Dr. Aziz do when he gets to the guest house?

4. What are Dr. Aziz's feelings about the British in India?

5. What does the servant approach Adela Quested with when she is leaving?

6. Describe the relationship between Cyril Fielding and Dr. Aziz at the end of the novel.

7. Describe Mrs. Moore's attitude on the ship.

8. Describe a similarity between Nawab Bahudar and Cyril Fielding.

9. Describe Dr. Aziz's attitude towards Cyril Fielding when they first meet in Mau.

10. Why does Dr. Aziz drop the case against Adela Quested?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

A Passage to India seems a fairly obvious title for this story that takes place in Chandrapore, India. How well do you think this title conveys the events in the novel? Do you think that another title would be more appropriate? Suggest an alternate title and describe how this title accurately depicts what takes place in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, Aziz regularly lies or misrepresents the facts. When he invites Fielding's guests to his house, he knows he cannot entertain them there. Later he tells Adela that she can come and visit his wife, but his wife is dead. Why do you think Forester chooses to represent this Indian character in this way? Does this characteristic take away from Aziz's likability as the main character of the book? Does it affect how you see the trial in the book?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 715 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample