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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 Padmini realize she is too weak to do after finding Kapila and Devadatta dead?
(a) Cut off her own head.
(b) Raise a child with no husband.
(c) Stab herself in the chest.
(d) Live alone.

2. Why does Devadatta not respond to Kapila when he begins to speak to him?
(a) He is reading.
(b) He has a hearing problem.
(c) He is writing.
(d) He is deep in thought.

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

4. After Devadatta asks Padmini to prepare lime juice for his guests, whose mother does she tell him died?
(a) Devadatta’s.
(b) Padmini’s.
(c) Kapila’s.
(d) Her father’s.

5. What does Kapila ask Devadatta when he sees he is not listening to him in Act I?
(a) If he is mad at Kapila.
(b) If he can stop reading and listen.
(c) What girl is on his mind now.
(d) If he can hear him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Kapila sit when Devadatta calls him back so he can tell him about the woman he now loves?

2. What do Devadatta and Padmini decide to do regarding their trip to Ujjain before Kapila shows up at their house?

3. As Devadatta is explaining to Kapila why they are not going to Ujjain, what does Padmini come in saying that surprises them both?

4. What did Devadatta tell Padmini he did while at the Ujjain fair which surprised them both?

5. Who does Devadatta first tell about the birth of his son?

(see the answer key)

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