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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 Kapila tell Devadatt all the parents in the city wish when they are discussing his new romantic interest?
(a) That their daughters would marry someone outside the city.
(b) That Devadatta would stay away from their daughters.
(c) That their daughters could marry Devadatta.
(d) That their daughters would marry Kapila.

2. Who answers the door when Kapila knocks at the house on Pavana Veethi street?
(a) Pavana.
(b) Hayavadana.
(c) Padmini.
(d) Devadatta.

3. What does the Bhagavata suggest the audience do during their ten-minute intermission?
(a) Meet the actors.
(b) Find things to throw on the stage.
(c) Go home.
(d) Have tea and contemplate a solution to the problem.

4. When Kapila and Padmini return from the temples, what sign does Kapila notice that tells him the direction Devadatta has gone?
(a) Devadatta left flower petals along his path.
(b) The oxen from the cart hoof prints.
(c) Devadatta took the cart and it left wheel tracks.
(d) Devadatta’s footprints.

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?
(a) Padmini does not care enough to lie.
(b) Padmini is noble.
(c) Padmini is selfish.
(d) Padmini is too foolish to lie.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Devadatta leaves to get new dolls, where does Padmini tell the child she will take him?

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

3. What does Devadatta say to Padmini when she complains he never goes out anymore?

4. What is noticeable about the goddess Kali’s hands when she appears after Padmini attempts to kill herself?

5. What reason does Padmnini give to Devadatta for changing her mind about their trip to Ujjain?

(see the answer key)

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