A Passage to India Study Guide

1. Why does Aziz behave rudely to Mrs. Moore when they first meet at the mosque?

• She interrupts his prayer.
• She and Mrs. Lesley inadvertently take his tonga.
• He thinks that she has not taken off her shoes.
• He automatically dislikes all English women.

2. All of these are names of Mrs. Moore's children except

• Stella
• Adela
• Ralph
• Ronny

3. Which of these characters best represents the Anglo-Indian mindset?

• Dr. Aziz
• Adela Quested
• Ronny Heaslop
• Narayan Godbole

4. What is the one thing that Adela wants most to accomplish from her journey?

• She wants to visit the Marabar Caves.
• She wants to learn about Hindu philosophy.
• She wants to marry Ronny Heaslop.
• She wants to see "the real India."

5. Which character claims that it would be better to let all Indians die?

• Mrs. Callendar
• Major Callendar
• Mr. Turton
• Mr. McBryde

6. According to Forster, which character best represents harmony between east and west?

• Mahmoud Ali
• Cyril Fielding
• Mrs. Moore
• Narayan Godbole

7. What is the significance of the conversation of the local missionaries?

• It shows the inherent tendency of humans to separate into distinct factions.
• It foreshadows the the problems in the Marabar Caves.
• It emphasizes the difficulty that the Indians and English face interacting with one another.
• It shows that even the missionaries in India treat the Indians poorly.

8. According to Fielding, what word best represents India?

• muddle
• mystery
• paradise
• vacation

9. What is the significance of the collar stud in the novel?

• It shows the ease with which the English can misinterpret the actions of the Indians.
• It shows that Aziz has no attention to detial.
• It shows that Aziz is too eager to please Fielding.
• It shows that Fielding is careless and unresponsive to Aziz

10. Which of the following does Ronny Heaslop not cite as an example of how Indians disappointed Adela and Mrs. Moore?

• The tea at Fielding's home
• The insulting comments Aziz made about Major Callendar
• The tour of Chandrapore with the Nawab Bahadur
• The visit to Mrs. Bhattacharya