Questions for The Lowland

Questions for The Lowland

Please answer the following questions with complete sentences.  Add quotations from the novel to support your answers, and cite the source correctly.

1. Compare and contrast Udayan and Subhash. Describe two similarities and two differences between them. (10 points)

1. Describe the marriage between Gauri and Subhash. What keeps them together? What keeps them apart? (10 points)

1. What did you learn about culture and/or history of Calcutta while reading the novel? (10 points)

1. Select a theme and explain how it is represented in the novel. (10 points)

1. Compare and contrast a character from either Everything Asian or We Should Never Meet with one of the characters from The Lowland.  Provide two similarities and two differences.  Do not state the obvious. (10 points)