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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Devadatta and Kapila react when they are brought back to life and learn of the mistake Padmini made?
(a) They tell her to leave them alone for good.
(b) They are overjoyed.
(c) They are enraged.
(d) They kill Padmini.

2. What does Doll II point out about Devadatta’s stomach after he moved them to look for a book?
(a) It has become loose.
(b) It is gigantic.
(c) It is tight.
(d) It is slender.

3. After being brought back to life, what does Kapila say Padmini must do, which ends their jovial walk home?
(a) She must come home with him because she is his wife.
(b) She must give her child to him once he is born.
(c) She must find someone to trade bodies with.
(d) She must live with both of them.

4. Where does Kapila go after Devadatta and Padmini return to Dharampura?
(a) The temple of Kali to ask her to switch them back.
(b) The temple of Lord Rudra to kill himself.
(c) The temple of Kali to kill himself.
(d) The forest.

5. What does Padmini ask Devadatta to do when she finds the dolls torn apart?
(a) Go to Ujjain to get new dolls.
(b) Find someone who will fix them.
(c) Throw them away.
(d) Put them on the shelf and hope their son will not notice.

6. Kali says that the only reason Padmini told the truth when she found the dead men and wanted to kill herself was because what?
(a) Padmini is noble.
(b) Padmini is selfish.
(c) Padmini does not care enough to lie.
(d) Padmini is too foolish to lie.

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

8. What do the dolls say about Devadatta’s hands?
(a) They are very small.
(b) They are rough like a laborer’s.
(c) They are gentle.
(d) They are too big.

9. How does Kapila react when he finds Devadatta is dead?
(a) He runs away in terror.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He screams.
(d) He tells Devadatta he is a fool.

10. What does Devadatta purchase for their coming baby at the Ujjain fair?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) Dolls.
(c) A rattle.
(d) A blanket.

11. Who tells Kapila not to grieve after Devadatta and Padmini go off together in Act II?
(a) Kali.
(b) The Bhagavata.
(c) Rudra.
(d) Hayavadana.

12. When Devadatta moves the doll to look for a book, what does the doll tell the other doll about his hands?
(a) They are clumsy.
(b) They are soft like a young girl’s.
(c) They are rough like a laborer’s.
(d) They are beautiful.

13. After Devadatta asks Padmini to prepare lime juice for his guests, whose mother does she tell him died?
(a) Kapila’s.
(b) Padmini’s.
(c) Devadatta’s.
(d) Her father’s.

14. After the baby has grown a little older, where does Padmini wish to take their son, but Devadatta says it is too cold?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The lake.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The forest.

15. What is noticeable about the goddess Kali’s hands when she appears after Padmini attempts to kill herself?
(a) The palms are blood red.
(b) They are very large.
(c) They are cut up.
(d) They are very small.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Devadatta climb to after Kapila and Padmini have gone of to the temples together?

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

4. What did Devadatta tell Padmini he did while at the Ujjain fair which surprised them both?

5. What does Devadatta invite The Bhagavata to in order to celebrate his son’s birth?

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