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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II: Pages 40-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Bhagavata tell the audience about Padmini’s father?
(a) He is the leading merchant of Dharampura.
(b) He is poor.
(c) He died long ago.
(d) He is a tyrant.

2. What do Padmini and Kapila discover when they return from their walk to the temples at the stop on the way to Ujjain?
(a) Devadatta is mad at them for leaving.
(b) Devadatta has fallen asleep.
(c) Devadatta is gone.
(d) Devadatta is dead.

3. How does Padmini notice Devadatta and Kapila’s body in the dark temple?
(a) She stumbles over them.
(b) She hears them moaning.
(c) She notices their shadow.
(d) She steps on them.

4. After seeking answers to their problem, who is decided to be Padmini’s husband?
(a) The one with Devadatta’s head.
(b) The one with Kapila’s head.
(c) Neither.
(d) Both.

5. Who enters second after the Bhagavata completes his song which introduces the story?
(a) Nata.
(b) Kapila.
(c) Hayavadana.
(d) Devadatta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Devadatta ask Lord Rudra to do after Kapila and Padmini head off to the temples together?

2. What does the Bhagavata suggest the audience do during their ten-minute intermission?

3. Where did Devadatta first see his new love interest?

4. What does Devadatta invite The Bhagavata to in order to celebrate his son’s birth?

5. Kali says that the only reason Padmini told the truth when she found the dead men and wanted to kill herself was because what?

(see the answer key)

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