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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 is Kapila’s first observation while he is on Pavana Veethi street?
(a) All of the houses have the same engraving.
(b) The houses are small.
(c) The houses all the same color.
(d) The houses are very large.

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

3. In the story the Bhagavata sings, he says that two men took off what?
(a) Their heads.
(b) Their shirts.
(c) Their bodies.
(d) Their dhotis.

4. What does Kapila ask Devadatta when he sees he is not listening to him in Act I?
(a) If he is mad at Kapila.
(b) If he can hear him.
(c) If he can stop reading and listen.
(d) What girl is on his mind now.

5. What unusual physical trait is discovered when the veil is pulled from Hayavadana’s face?
(a) He has feathers.
(b) He has a very long nose.
(c) He has the head of a horse.
(d) He has warts on his face.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Devadatta say the woman he falls in love with became “in one appearance” (14)?

2. What is the name of the hero of the story introduced in Act I who is the son of Brahmin Vidyasagara?

3. Who sits at the table with the musicians stage right at the start of Hayavadana?

4. What is the name of the flowering tree Devadatta, Padmini, and Kapila see when they stop on their way to Ujjain?

5. What strange thing does Padmini tell Kapila happened on her street the previous night?

(see the answer key)

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