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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II: Pages 40-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the flowering tree Devadatta, Padmini, and Kapila see when they stop on their way to Ujjain?
(a) The Sacred Lady’s Fig.
(b) The Breathtaking Beauty’s Banyan.
(c) The Fortunate Lady’s Flower.
(d) The Weeping Wive’s Willow.

2. What is the first thing Padmini asks Kali when she see her in the temple after finding Devadatta and Kapila’s bodies?
(a) Why she did not stop them.
(b) Which one was a better man.
(c) If they said anything about her.
(d) If she spoke to them.

3. What does Devadatta say his true role is when Padmini complains he never goes out anymore?
(a) To raise a child.
(b) To close oneself off from the outside world.
(c) To read, write, and study.
(d) To be a good husband.

4. 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 has lost his pen.
(c) He says he cannot write because his hand trembles with longing.
(d) He says he cannot concentrate because he can only think of his love.

5. After Devadatta leaves to get new dolls, where does Padmini tell the child she will take him?
(a) The Fair.
(b) The forest.
(c) Kali’s temple.
(d) Her father’s house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Princess and her husband leave behind?

2. After suggesting that Devadatta stop putting on oil, what smell does Devadatta tell Padmini is what she really preferred?

3. What does Devadatta first suggest Kapila do because his is annoying him in Act I?

4. How does Devadatta react to Kapila when he comments that he must be thinking about a girl?

5. What does Padmini do after Kapila tells her Devadatta is in love with her?

(see the answer key)

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