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Quiz about A Passage To India by E M Forster

"A Passage To India" by E. M. Forster Quiz

I'm studying this for my AS Level in English Literature. Looked on this site for quizzes on it, found there were none so decided to make one myself. Hope you enjoy it. It's about the book.

A multiple-choice quiz by andynwilliams. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
andynwilliams

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
249,786

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Tough

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6 / 10

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Last 3 plays: Guest 154 (4/10), Guest 154 (0/10), Guest 5 (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Why, at the beginning of the novel, is Adela Quested dissatisfied with her visit to India? Hint

Because she wants to be engaged to Ronny

Because she wants to see the real India

Because she does not get along with Mrs. Moore

Because she dislikes Ronny's friends

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the main reason Aziz decides not to attend the Bridge Party? Hint

He feels sick to his stomach

It coincides with the anniversary of his wife's death

He wants to spend time with his children

He is angry with Major Callendar

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Question 3 of 10

3. The book is divided into three sections. Mosque, Caves and ...? Hint

Church

Club

Synagogue

Temple

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Question 4 of 10

4. In which city is most of the action set? Hint

Mau

Calcutta

Bombay

Chandrapore

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Question 5 of 10

5. What makes Adela decide she does want to marry Ronny? Hint

Mrs Moore tells her to

The event at the caves

The accident

Nothing - she just decides

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who misjudges the length of a prayer? Hint

Fielding

Godbole

Aziz

Mrs Moore

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who is the magistrate at Aziz's trial? Hint

Godbole

Ronny

Das

Fielding

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who or what attracts Adela at Aziz's trial? Hint

Mrs Moore

Wasp

Punkah-wallah

Green Bird

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Question 9 of 10

9. Whose birth are the Hindus (including Godbole) waiting for? Hint

Jesus

Shri Krishna

Stella Moore's baby

Adela's baby

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who does Aziz think Fielding married? Hint

Adela Quested

Ralph Moore

Stella Moore

Ronny Heaslop

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Why, at the beginning of the novel, is Adela Quested dissatisfied with her visit to India?

Answer: Because she wants to see the real India

We meet Adela Quested in Chapter three where she is watching Cousin Kate.

2. What is the main reason Aziz decides not to attend the Bridge Party?

Answer: It coincides with the anniversary of his wife's death

It was only after his wife died that he realised he loved her. They had three children - just like Mrs Moore. He had been angry with Major Callendar, but that was earlier in the novel.

3. The book is divided into three sections. Mosque, Caves and ...?

Answer: Temple

Mosque = Muslim place of worship.
Caves = Ancient primal abode.
Temple = Hindu place of worship.
Club = Where the Anglo-Indians meet to socialise.

4. In which city is most of the action set?

Answer: Chandrapore

Based on the city of Bankipore.

5. What makes Adela decide she does want to marry Ronny?

Answer: The accident

The accident prefigures the event at the caves.

6. Who misjudges the length of a prayer?

Answer: Godbole

If Godbole and Fielding hadn't missed the train, then the event at the caves might not have occured.

7. Who is the magistrate at Aziz's trial?

Answer: Das

Ronny's superior. Adela and Mrs Moore meet him and his wife at the Bridge Party.

8. Who or what attracts Adela at Aziz's trial?

Answer: Punkah-wallah

Forster's description is very interesting here. A punkah-wallah is a servant who operates a fan. "Almost naked, and splendidly formed, he sat on a raised platform near the back, in the middle of the central gangway, and he caught her (Adela's) attention as she came in, and he seemed to control the proceedings.

He had the strength and beauty that sometimes come to flower in Indians of low birth. When that strange race nears the dust and is condemned as untouchable, then nature remembers the physical perfection that she accomplished elsewhere, and throws out a god - not many, but one here and there, to prove to society how little its categories impress her.

This man would have been notable anywhere; among the thin-hammed, flat-chested mediocrities of Chandrapore he stood out as divine, yet he was of the city, its garbage had nourished him, he would end on its rubbish heaps."

9. Whose birth are the Hindus (including Godbole) waiting for?

Answer: Shri Krishna

Born on the stroke of midnight.

10. Who does Aziz think Fielding married?

Answer: Adela Quested

Because Fielding spent time with Adela after the trial, Aziz thought he'd married her. If he had read Fielding's letters, he would have realised it was Stella.

Source: Author andynwilliams

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