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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I: Pages 11-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Bhagavata call the actor who frantically runs on stage in Act I?
(a) Devadatta.
(b) Nata.
(c) Hayavadana.
(d) Kapila.

2. What does Devadatta first suggest Kapila do because his is annoying him in Act I?
(a) Go away and leave him alone.
(b) Sit down and listen.
(c) Get a girlfriend of his own.
(d) Stop talking so much.

3. After the Princess refused to go with her husband unless he was a horse, how was she cursed?
(a) She was given a half-horse child.
(b) She was turned into a horse statue.
(c) Her head was replaced with a horse’s head.
(d) She was turned into a horse.

4. What off-stage noise interrupts the Bhagavata’s story in Act I?
(a) Clapping.
(b) Laughter.
(c) A scream.
(d) They musicians setting up.

5. What does the female chorus sing about after the Bhagavata introduces the story?
(a) Two friends who lost their heads.
(b) Why love should be tied down to just one.
(c) Two men who acted like fools over a girl.
(d) A beautiful girl who destroyed two men.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Padmini goes inside her house, what does Kapila say she needs, rather than someone like Devadatta?

2. To whom does Devadatta say he would sacrifice his two arms if he could marry his new love interest?

3. Who does the King decide Hayavadan’s mother will marry according to his story in Act I?

4. What was the girl bathed in in the song the Bhagavata sings to introduce the story of Devadatta and Kapila?

5. On what mountain is the goddess the Bhagavata urges Hayavadana go see for help with his head?

(see the answer key)

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