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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. What does the Bhagavata order Hayavadana to do after he finds him behind the curtain?
(a) Join the performance.
(b) Remove his mask.
(c) Find a seat in the audience.
(d) Leave at once.

2. How do Devadatta and Kapila react when they are brought back to life and learn of the mistake Padmini made?
(a) They tell her to leave them alone for good.
(b) They are enraged.
(c) They kill Padmini.
(d) They are overjoyed.

3. What does Kapila first suggest they do when he and Devadatta agree they both really love Padmini?
(a) He suggests they find a woman they both do not love.
(b) All live together.
(c) He suggests he marry Padmini since Devadatta already had his chance.
(d) Take turns living together.

4. After Padmini goes inside her house, what does Kapila say she needs, rather than someone like Devadatta?
(a) A man of keen intellect.
(b) A man of steel.
(c) A man of good humor.
(d) A man of grace.

5. What is Devadatta carrying when he enters after Kapila and Padmnini go off to his hut?
(a) His child.
(b) A sword and two dolls.
(c) His own head.
(d) A horse mask.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Prince riding when Hayavanda’s mother sees him?

2. When Kapila asks Padmini why she left Devadatta, how does the Bhagavata say she should have responded?

3. Which part of Kapila does Kapila argue Padmini wants?

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

5. What mask is placed on the chair in the opening scene of Act I in Hayavadana?

(see the answer key)

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