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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Nata suggest Hayavadana go to rid himself of his head?
(a) Dharampura.
(b) Banaras.
(c) Rameshwar.
(d) Mount Chitkaroot.

3. After the Princess refused to go with her husband unless he was a horse, how was she cursed?
(a) She was turned into a horse.
(b) She was turned into a horse statue.
(c) She was given a half-horse child.
(d) Her head was replaced with a horse’s head.

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

5. What is the one detail Devadatta recalls of his love interest's house?
(a) The engraving of a two-headed bird.
(b) The mask of Ganesh on the porch.
(c) The door knocker shaped like a horse.
(d) He could hear music playing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Devadatta wonder if Kapila is the right person to help him find his love after Kapila has already gone?

3. Where did Devadatta first see his new love interest?

4. What is Hayavadana doing when his face is exposed in Act I?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Devadatta say he is willing to do if the woman he loves would marry him?

2. What does the Bhagavata order Nata to do after he tells him what he saw on his way to the performance when he stopped to relieve himself?

3. What happens when the Bhagavata sees Hayavanda behind the curtain with the body of a man and the head of a horse?

4. What happened to Hayavadana’s mother when she refused to go to the Heavenly Abode with the Celestial Being?

5. Which Goddess does the Bhagavata suggest Hayavada go to remove his horse head?

6. After Hayavadana and Nata leave, how does the Bhagavata begin his story of Devadatta’s and Kapila?

7. How does The Bhagavata describe Devadatta at the beginning of the play?

8. What does the Bhagavata say he thinks perhaps Ganesh’s appearance is to signify?

9. What does Kapila do or say that suggests Devadatta has fallen in love many times before?

10. After Devadatta and Padmini marry, how does Padmini’s behavior around Kapila make Devadatta jealous?

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