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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II: Pages 53-69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Padmini realize she is too weak to do after finding Kapila and Devadatta dead?
(a) Stab herself in the chest.
(b) Live alone.
(c) Raise a child with no husband.
(d) Cut off her own head.

2. What does the Bhagavata do after Padmini’s death to indicate the end of the play?
(a) Closes the curtain.
(b) Says “The end.”
(c) Tells everyone to go home.
(d) Namaskara.

3. What does Devadatta ask Lord Rudra to do after Kapila and Padmini head off to the temples together?
(a) He asks Lord Rudra to curse them both.
(b) He asks Lord Rudra to make Padmini love him again.
(c) He asks Lord Rudra to bless them both.
(d) He asks Lord Rudra to save his marriage.

4. Who enters the stage singing the National Anthem?
(a) Padmini.
(b) Devadatta.
(c) Kapila.
(d) Hayavadana.

5. What does Padmini say to Kapila before he carries her off into his hut?
(a) She tells him she loves him dearly.
(b) She tells him she cannot walk.
(c) She tells him his head should experience what his body remembers.
(d) She tells him she is exhausted and needs rest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hero of the story introduced in Act I who is the son of Lohita, an iron-Smith?

2. Who enters second after the Bhagavata completes his song which introduces the story?

3. Where does Devadatta say he must “stand and do penance” (14)?

4. What does the female chorus sing about after the Bhagavata introduces the story?

5. What does Devadatta wonder if his new love will become his “disciple” (15) in?

(see the answer key)

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