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A Passage to India
A Passage to India
100
The name of the couple who arrive at the hotel
Who are Mr. and Mrs. Horniman
100
The English couple arrive at the hotel at what time of the day?
What is sunset
100
This happens in the story just as the couple sit down to eat their first meal at the hotel
What is the power goes out
100
At the beginning of the film, the characters Adela and Mrs. Moore express an interest in "seeing the ______ India"
What is "real India"
100
The film is an adaption of a novel by this author
Who is E.M. Forster
200
The name of the hotel manager
Who is Mr. Udaweera
200
The total number of guests that have stayed at the hotel (including the English couple)
What is 2
200
The reason why the hotel manager suggests that the couple return from their day trip by eleven or eleven thirty
What is the heat ("It gets very hot in our country, you know" (37).
200
Dr. Aziz offers to host an excursion to this place
What is the Marabar Caves
200
The film is set in 1920s, during this period of Indian history
What is British colonialism
300
The name of the servant at the hotel
Who is Nimal
300
The name of the suite where the couple stay
What is the Blue Suite
300
The number of films and books that the hotel manager has read about the legend of the rock fortress
What is 0
300
During the excursion, Mrs. Moore experiences this condition
What is claustrophobia and/or heat exhaustion
300
Adela is engaged to this character, Mrs. Moore's son
Who is Ronny
400
The name of the prince who killed his father after not being named the heir of the kingdom
Who is Kassyapa
400
The sinhalese word used by the hotel owner to describe the hotel
What is maligawa
400
The king's exiled brother returns to Sri Lanka to avenge his murdered father after this many years
What is 18 years
400
Adela says this condition of hers suddenly stops after the trial
What is the echo in her head
400
The number of wives that Dr. Aziz's has had
What is 1
500
What the hotel owner wants the English woman to understand about him by the end of the story
What is that he "was not a base or vulgar man" (45)
500
The name of the rock fortress in Sri Lanka where the characters visit
What is Sigiriya
500
At the end of the story, the hotel owner fantasizes about taking the English woman to this imaginary place
What is a bathing pool ("a large rectangular bathing pool made of stone, grey stone, with moss and lichen on its sides" (45)).
500
After Dr. Aziz's name is cleared, he decides to move away from Chandrapore to this place
What is Kashmir near the Himalayas
500
After the trial is over, Adela says this condition of hers has suddenly stopped
What is the echo in her head