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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. When Kapila and Padmini return from the temples, what sign does Kapila notice that tells him the direction Devadatta has gone?
(a) Devadatta took the cart and it left wheel tracks.
(b) The oxen from the cart hoof prints.
(c) Devadatta’s footprints.
(d) Devadatta left flower petals along his path.
2. What is noticeable about the goddess Kali’s hands when she appears after Padmini attempts to kill herself?
(a) They are cut up.
(b) They are very small.
(c) They are very large.
(d) The palms are blood red.
3. Why does Devadatta tell Kapila that he cannot just write as Kapila suggested?
(a) He says he has become overwhelmed by the blank page.
(b) He says he cannot write because his hand trembles with longing.
(c) He says he has lost his pen.
(d) He says he cannot concentrate because he can only think of his love.
4. What does Padmini worry people will think regarding Devadatta and Kaplia’s suicide if she returns to the city?
(a) She worries they will think the two men died accidentally.
(b) She worries they will call her a whore whom the two men fought and died for.
(c) She worries they will think Kapila and Devadatta were romantically involved.
(d) She worries they will think Kapila must be the father of her child.
5. What does Kapila tell Devadatt all the parents in the city wish when they are discussing his new romantic interest?
(a) That their daughters would marry someone outside the city.
(b) That their daughters could marry Devadatta.
(c) That their daughters would marry Kapila.
(d) That Devadatta would stay away from their daughters.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens between Devadatta and Padmini soon after Kapila visits her?
2. Who did Nata see talking to him when he stopped on the way to the play?
3. What is the Prince riding when Hayavanda’s mother sees him?
4. Where does Nata suggest Hayavadana go to rid himself of his head?
5. When Padmini sleeps after singing a lullaby to her son, who do the dolls say she is dreaming of?
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