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A Passage to India
E. M. Forster
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Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Part I, Chapters I–III
Part I, Chapters IV–VI
Part I, Chapters VII–VIII
Part I, Chapters IX–XI
Part II, Chapters XII–XIV
Part II, Chapters XV–XIX
Part II, Chapters XX–XXIII
Part II, Chapters XXIV–XXV
Part II, Chapters XXVI–XXIX
Part II, Chapters XXX–XXXII
Part III, Chapters XXXIII–XXXV
Part III, Chapters XXXVI–XXXVII
Characters
Character List
Dr. Aziz
Cyril Fielding
Adela Quested
Mrs. Moore
Ronny Heaslop
Main Ideas
Themes
Motifs
Symbols
Key Facts
Quotes
Important Quotes Explained
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Context
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Context
Plot Overview
Character List
Analysis of Major Characters
Themes, Motifs & Symbols
Part 1, Chapters 1-3
Part 1, Chapters 4-6
Part 1, Chapters 7-8
Part 1, Chapters 9-11
Part 2, Chapters 12-14
Part 2, Chapters 15-19
Part 2, Chapters 20-23
Part 2, Chapters 24-25
Part 2, Chapters 26-29
Part 2, Chapters 30-32
Part 3, Chapters 33-35
Part 3, Chapters 36-37
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1
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In what city was Edward Morgan Forster born, in 1879?
New Delhi
Karachi
London
Atlanta
2
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What characters in A Passage to India build a friendship that echoes Forster's own relationship with a young Indian Muslim?
Mrs. Moore and Aziz
Fielding and Aziz
Godbole and Fielding
Ronny and Aziz
3
of 5
What aspect of Forster's identity gave him insight into the prejudice and misunderstanding he describes in A Passage to India?
His speech disorder
His homosexuality
His racial minority status
His physical disability
4
of 5
What phrase did Rudyard Kipling coin for the supposedly moral "burden" of governing colonies like India?
The "absurd burden"
The "colonial burden"
The "British burden"
The "white man's burden"
5
of 5
What way of representing the chaos of modern experience aligns Forster with modernist writers like Virginia Woolf and James Joyce?
Fragmented narrative
Focus on domestic drama
Technically innovative syntax
Patterns of imagery and form
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