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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II: Pages 27-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kali tell Padmini was the real reason Kapila killed himself?
(a) Because he thought he would be accused of killing Devadatta.
(b) Because he felt terrible for killing Devadatta.
(c) Because he could not live without his best friend.
(d) Because he did not want to face Padmini.

2. 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) Have tea and contemplate a solution to the problem.
(d) Go home.

3. What is noticeable about the goddess Kali’s hands when she appears after Padmini attempts to kill herself?
(a) They are very small.
(b) The palms are blood red.
(c) They are cut up.
(d) They are very large.

4. What is the Prince riding when Hayavanda’s mother sees him?
(a) A camel.
(b) A black stallion.
(c) A white stallion.
(d) An elephant.

5. What does the Bhagavata say Ganesha is lord and master of in Act I?
(a) Success and Perseverance.
(b) Success and Perfection.
(c) Hope and Beauty.
(d) Beauty and Perfection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Bhagavata tell the audience about Padmini’s father?

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

3. In the story the Bhagavata sings, he says that two men took off what?

4. After getting the flowers from the tree they saw on their way to Ujjain, what does Kapila tell Padmini the colors on the flowers represent?

5. Who does the Hayavadana’s mother say she is going to marry?

(see the answer key)

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