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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I: Pages 1-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A beautiful girl who destroyed two men.
(d) Two men who acted like fools over a girl.

2. Who is sent to accompany Hayavadana on his journey to the mountain to see the goddess?
(a) Devadatta.
(b) Nata.
(c) Kapila.
(d) Bhagavata.

3. After 15 years of marriage, who does the Princess find has replaced her husband?
(a) A horse.
(b) Flower petals.
(c) The Bhagavata.
(d) A Celestial Being.

4. After Hayavadana leaves to see the goddess, the Bhagavata begins his story about two friend who forgot themselves after seeing whom?
(a) A goddess.
(b) A god.
(c) A girl.
(d) A beast.

5. Who suggests that Nata must be drunk based on the story he tells in Act I?
(a) The Bhagavata.
(b) Devadatta.
(c) Kapila.
(d) Hayavadana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sole object is center stage when the play Havadana begins?

2. After the Princess refused to go with her husband unless he was a horse, how was she cursed?

3. Which Prince’s arrival causes Hayavadan’s mother to faint?

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

5. Which of the heroes is described as attractive and intelligent?

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