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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. How does Master Mohan kill himself?

2. How is Nitin protected from the struggles in India?

3. How does the Sahib kill Imrat?

4. When one renounces the world, how long must one fast for?

5. What is the doctor's diagnosis of Nitin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is the daughter trusting of Rahul Singh?

2. What is the legend of the battle at the Narmada riverbank?

3. What is the role of the Narmada river in Chapter 5?

4. How are courtesans meant to interact with noblemen?

5. Is the narrator obsessive compulsive?

6. Why does the narrator take the job at the guesthouse?

7. What is India's perception of the West? The West of India?

8. How is our narrator similar to the Jain monk? What is he lacking to be truly like him?

9. How does the woman in the market set up what is to come in Chapter 13?

10. Why is Nitin an exception to Vano law?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the use of storytelling or folklore in "A River Sutra".

Part 1) How does it aid to the portrait of religion?

Part 2) How does it aid to the portrait of India?

Part 3) How does it aid to the portrait of enlightenment?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss interconnectedness in "A River Sutra":

Part 1) Between characters in the tales.

Part 2) Between characters within the tales and our narrator himself.

Essay Topic 3

What is "love" in "A River Sutra"? What different forms of love do readers see? What does love mean to the characters? How is the plot affected by love?

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