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

2. Who does Kapila ask to speak with when he arrives at the home of Devadatta’s love interest?
(a) The girl’s mother.
(b) The most beautiful woman in the house.
(c) The master of the house.
(d) The girl’s nanny.

3. What reason does Padmnini give to Devadatta for changing her mind about their trip to Ujjain?
(a) She said she was getting stir crazy in the house.
(b) She felt it was the last trip they might have before their baby comes.
(c) She said she felt Devadatta would be disappointed if they did not go.
(d) She said Kapila looked so sad she could not bear it.

4. What is Kapila wearing on his face when he first enters the stage?
(a) A helmet.
(b) A dark mask.
(c) A mask of Ganesh.
(d) A horse head.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kapila say he can do to help his friend find his love?

2. After getting the flowers from the tree they saw on their way to Ujjain, what does Kapila tell Padmini the colors on the flowers represent?

3. What off-stage noise interrupts the Bhagavata’s story in Act I?

4. Which Prince’s arrival causes Hayavadan’s mother to faint?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Padmini compare Kapila’s cart driving to Devadatta’s while Kapila drives them to Ujjain?

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

4. 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?

5. What does the Bhagavata ask to happen before the performance after he sings Ganesh’s praise?

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

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

8. What does Nata tell the Bhagavata he saw on his way to the performance when he stopped to relieve himself?

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

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

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