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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the girl bathed in in the song the Bhagavata sings to introduce the story of Devadatta and Kapila?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Blood.
(c) Perfume.
(d) A waterfall.

2. In what city does the Bhagavata begin his story?
(a) Vighneshwara.
(b) Vidyasagara.
(c) Dharmapura.
(d) Ganesha.

3. What do Devadatta and Padmini decide to do regarding their trip to Ujjain before Kapila shows up at their house?
(a) Cancel the trip.
(b) Padmini with stay home and Devadatta and Kapila will go.
(c) Extend the trip.
(d) Go to Ujjain before Kapila gets to their house.

4. How does Kapila act when he first sees the woman Devadatta has fallen in love with?
(a) He is rude to her.
(b) He stares in awe of her beauty.
(c) He quickly tells her about Devadatta.
(d) He runs away afraid.

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

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

7. Why does Devadatta tell Kapila that he cannot just write as Kapila suggested?
(a) He says he has lost his pen.
(b) He says he cannot write because his hand trembles with longing.
(c) He says he has become overwhelmed by the blank page.
(d) He says he cannot concentrate because he can only think of his love.

8. What happens between Devadatta and Padmini soon after Kapila visits her?
(a) Devadatta loses interest in her.
(b) They get married.
(c) They go on a date.
(d) They run away together.

9. What does Devadatta first suggest Kapila do because his is annoying him in Act I?
(a) Stop talking so much.
(b) Go away and leave him alone.
(c) Sit down and listen.
(d) Get a girlfriend of his own.

10. What does Kapila say to the audience to indicate Devadatta may feel differently about his new love than the previous 15?
(a) “First time for everything.”
(b) “This is new.”
(c) “How unusual.”
(d) “Haven’t heard that one before.”

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

12. How many times does Kapila tell Devadatta he has seen him fall in love in the past two years?
(a) 1.
(b) 15.
(c) 150.
(d) 4.

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

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

15. What does Kapila tell Devadatt all the parents in the city wish when they are discussing his new romantic interest?
(a) That Devadatta would stay away from their daughters.
(b) That their daughters could marry Devadatta.
(c) That their daughters would marry Kapila.
(d) That their daughters would marry someone outside the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is sent to accompany Hayavadana on his journey to the mountain to see the goddess?

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

3. Who does the King decide Hayavadan’s mother will marry according to his story in Act I?

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

5. Who suggests that Nata must be drunk based on the story he tells in Act I?

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