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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does Kapila ask Devadatta why he did not attend the night before?
(a) A poetry reading.
(b) A wrestling match.
(c) A dance performance.
(d) A concert.

2. Which of the heroes is described as attractive and intelligent?
(a) The Bhagavata.
(b) Devadatta.
(c) Kapila.
(d) Vidyasagara.

3. After 15 years of marriage, who does the Princess find has replaced her husband?
(a) A Celestial Being.
(b) Flower petals.
(c) The Bhagavata.
(d) A horse.

4. Who suggests that Nata must be drunk based on the story he tells in Act I?
(a) Kapila.
(b) The Bhagavata.
(c) Hayavadana.
(d) Devadatta.

5. What mask is placed on the chair in the opening scene of Act I in Hayavadana?
(a) The Bhagavata.
(b) Hayavadana.
(c) Dharmapura.
(d) Ganesha.

6. Who does the Hayavadana’s mother say she is going to marry?
(a) The Prince’s brother.
(b) The Prince’s horse.
(c) The Prince’s camel.
(d) The Prince’s elephant.

7. What reason does Devadatta give Padmini for his concern over their trip to Ujjain?
(a) He tells her he worries she will run away with Kapila.
(b) He worries they will spend too much money.
(c) He worries he will not have time to read and write.
(d) He worries she should not travel while pregnant.

8. How does Devadatta react to Kapila when he comments that he must be thinking about a girl?
(a) He becomes irritated.
(b) He storms away in anger.
(c) He laughs.
(d) He ignores him.

9. Who does Hayavadana ask for help to rid himself of his head?
(a) Devadatta.
(b) Nata.
(c) The Princess.
(d) The Bhagavata.

10. After Hayavadana leaves to see the goddess, the Bhagavata begins his story about two friend who forgot themselves after seeing whom?
(a) A beast.
(b) A god.
(c) A goddess.
(d) A girl.

11. Who does the King decide Hayavadan’s mother will marry according to his story in Act I?
(a) The Prince of Vighneshwara.
(b) The Prince of Araby.
(c) The Prince of Ganesha.
(d) The Prince of Dharampura.

12. 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.

13. How does Kapila feel when Devadatta calls him back so he can tell him about this new woman?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Bored.
(c) Upset.
(d) Happy.

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

15. Where does the Bhagavata suggest Hayavadana go to help with his problem?
(a) Banaras.
(b) Vighenshwara.
(c) Kapila.
(d) Dharmapura.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kapila’s first observation while he is on Pavana Veethi street?

2. Why does Devadatta tell Kapila that he cannot just write as Kapila suggested?

3. How long after Devadatta met his new love did he tell Kapila about her?

4. After the Princess refused to go with her husband unless he was a horse, how was she cursed?

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

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