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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 did Devadatta do to his love interest after he saw her for the first time?
(a) Wrote her a poem and recited it to her.
(b) Asked her to marry him.
(c) Fell to his knees and cried before her.
(d) Followed her home.

2. Who answers the door when Kapila knocks at the house on Pavana Veethi street?
(a) Hayavadana.
(b) Pavana.
(c) Devadatta.
(d) Padmini.

3. Why does Devadatta tell Kapila that he cannot just write as Kapila suggested?
(a) He says he cannot write because his hand trembles with longing.
(b) He says he has become overwhelmed by the blank page.
(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 Hayavadana say to Nata and the Bhagavata’s first suggestions regarding where to go to rid himself of his head?
(a) He says he has been there and tried everything.
(b) He asks them to go with him.
(c) He says he has never heard of such places.
(d) He says he will go at once.

5. After the Princess refused to go with her husband unless he was a horse, how was she cursed?
(a) She was turned into a horse.
(b) Her head was replaced with a horse’s head.
(c) She was given a half-horse child.
(d) She was turned into a horse statue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nata suggest Hayavadana go to rid himself of his head?

2. What does Padmini realize she is too weak to do after finding Kapila and Devadatta dead?

3. Why does Devadatta tell Kapila it does not matter if his love has a name?

4. What is the first thing Padmini asks Kali when she see her in the temple after finding Devadatta and Kapila’s bodies?

5. What does Devadatta tell Kapila he wishes his new love would agree to be?

(see the answer key)

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