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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II: Pages 53-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After telling the Bhagavata what to do with her son, what does Padmini tell the Bhagavata to do?
(a) Make her a funeral pyre.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Leave her alone.
(d) Get new dolls for her son every few years.

2. Whose solution does the Bhagavata wonder would satisfy the audience at the start of Act II?
(a) King Vikrama.
(b) The Goddess Kali.
(c) King Vetala.
(d) The Lord Rudra.

3. When Kapila asks Padmini why she left Devadatta, how does the Bhagavata say she should have responded?
(a) That she could not stand living with a Brahmin.
(b) That he left her.
(c) That she never loved him.
(d) That when Devadatta’s body returned to his old self, she could not stop thinking of Kapila.

4. 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.

5. What mask is placed on the chair in the opening scene of Act I in Hayavadana?
(a) Hayavadana.
(b) Ganesha.
(c) Dharmapura.
(d) The Bhagavata.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Padmini do when she first sees Devadatta at Kapila’s in Act II?

2. What is Kali in the midst of when she appears before Padmini in her temple?

3. What does the female chorus sing about after the Bhagavata introduces the story?

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

5. How does Padmini tell Kapila she happened upon where he was living?

(see the answer key)

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