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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 do Cyril Fielding and Dr. Aziz discuss during their celebration of the results of the trial?

2. To what is Mrs. Moore looking forward?

3. Who comes to visit and praise Cyril Fielding for his handling of the episode?

4. Who says if the British don't leave in his lifetime, they will leave in his children's?

5. With what does Adela Quested want Cyril Fielding to help her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dr. Aziz and Cyril Fielding's discussion of compensation for Adela Quested.

2. What does Professor Godbole conclude about Mrs. Moore?

3. How does Adela Quested justify her original accusation against Dr. Aziz?

4. Describe the religious ceremony in which Professor Godbole is participating.

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

6. Why can't Adela Quested leave the college?

7. How is Adela Quested received after the trial ends?

8. Why is Dr. Aziz released?

9. What does Dr. Aziz discover about Cyril Fielding's marital status in Part 3, Chapter 35?

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

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

Aziz shows Fielding a photograph of his wife, going against the Muslim tradition of "purdah" in which a woman cannot show her face to men outside of her family. Why does Aziz choose to show Fielding this picture? How is this significant?

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