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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II: Pages 27-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl hold up high in the song the Bhagavata sings in Act I?
(a) The men’s dhotis.
(b) The men’s shirts.
(c) Laughing heads.
(d) The men’s hands.

2. Where does Devadatta sit when he enters the stage for the first time?
(a) The table.
(b) The floor.
(c) The chair.
(d) He remains standing.

3. What does Hayavadana say to Nata and the Bhagavata’s first suggestions regarding where to go to rid himself of his head?
(a) He says he will go at once.
(b) He says he has been there and tried everything.
(c) He asks them to go with him.
(d) He says he has never heard of such places.

4. What does the Bhagavata tell the audience about Padmini’s father?
(a) He is the leading merchant of Dharampura.
(b) He died long ago.
(c) He is a tyrant.
(d) He is poor.

5. What does Kapila tell Devadatta that he taught him about to try to calm Devadatta?
(a) Poetry and literature.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Geography.
(d) History.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hayavadana doing when his face is exposed in Act I?

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

3. What is Kapila wearing on his face when he first enters the stage?

4. What is the one detail Devadatta recalls of his love interest's house?

5. What did Devadatta do to his love interest after he saw her for the first time?

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