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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kali tell Padmini both Devadatta and Kapila did “to their last breaths” (33)?
(a) Lied.
(b) Loved her.
(c) Prayed.
(d) Fought.

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

3. When Kapila and Padmini return from the temples, what sign does Kapila notice that tells him the direction Devadatta has gone?
(a) Devadatta’s footprints.
(b) The oxen from the cart hoof prints.
(c) Devadatta left flower petals along his path.
(d) Devadatta took the cart and it left wheel tracks.

4. 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 too foolish to lie.
(b) Padmini is noble.
(c) Padmini is selfish.
(d) Padmini does not care enough to lie.

5. 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 save his marriage.
(c) He asks Lord Rudra to make Padmini love him again.
(d) He asks Lord Rudra to bless them both.

6. Whose solution does the Bhagavata wonder would satisfy the audience at the start of Act II?
(a) The Lord Rudra.
(b) King Vikrama.
(c) The Goddess Kali.
(d) King Vetala.

7. When Padmini sleeps after singing a lullaby to her son, who do the dolls say she is dreaming of?
(a) Kapila.
(b) Her son.
(c) Lord Rudra.
(d) Devadatta.

8. What question does Devadatta pose at the end of Act I?
(a) How can I get rid of Padmini?
(b) Whose child is Padmini carrying?
(c) What is the solution to this problem?
(d) How can I get rid of Kapila?

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

10. What does Devadatta say to Padmini when she complains he never goes out anymore?
(a) Parents should not go out.
(b) She is the one who does not want to go out.
(c) He goes out all the time.
(d) He is a Brahmin.

11. What does Devadatta rub on his body which Padmini suggests covers up his manly scent?
(a) Jasmine oil.
(b) Lemongrass oil.
(c) Lavender oil.
(d) Sandal oil.

12. What temples does Kapila point out while they are stopped on the way to Ujjain, which peaks Devadatta’s interest?
(a) The temples of Ganesha and Rudra.
(b) The temples of Bhargavi and Rudra
(c) The temples of Ganesha and Kali.
(d) The temples of Kali and Rudra.

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

14. What did Devadatta tell Padmini he did while at the Ujjain fair which surprised them both?
(a) Stole from a vendor.
(b) Climbed a tree.
(c) Saved a woman from getting mugged.
(d) Wrestled.

15. What are the dolls discussing in Act II when they begin to roll around and fight?
(a) Kapila’s body.
(b) The young child.
(c) Padmini’s dream.
(d) Devadatta’s hands.

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. Who does Devadatta first tell about the birth of his son?

3. What does Kali tell Padmini was the real reason Kapila killed himself?

4. What is Kali in the midst of when she appears before Padmini in her temple?

5. Who tells Kapila not to grieve after Devadatta and Padmini go off together in Act II?

(see the answer keys)

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