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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 does the Bhagavata suggest the audience do during their ten-minute intermission?
(a) Have tea and contemplate a solution to the problem.
(b) Find things to throw on the stage.
(c) Go home.
(d) Meet the actors.

2. Which part of Devadatta does Kapila argue Padmini wants?
(a) His strong arms.
(b) He sense of humor.
(c) His clever head.
(d) His brazenness.

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

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

5. What does Kapila say to Devadatta before cutting off his own head?
(a) He says he does not want to have to marry Padmini.
(b) He says he will see him soon.
(c) He says he cannot be father to Devadatta’s child.
(d) He says he cannot live without him.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Devadatta leaves to get new dolls, where does Padmini tell the child she will take him?

2. What do the dolls say about Devadatta’s hands?

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

4. What does Padmini ask Devadatta to do when she finds the dolls torn apart?

5. Whose solution does the Bhagavata wonder would satisfy the audience at the start of Act II?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do the three friends see to help find a solution to the problem of who Padmini should marry and what solution is offered?

2. What does Kapila do after he and Padmini return from their work to find Devadatta is gone?

3. What do the dolls see Padmini dreaming about when she falls asleep after singing her baby a lullaby?

4. What does Devadatta do when he reaches the temple of Kali?

5. What problem arises in regards to Padmini after Kapila and Devadatta’s heads and bodies are switched?

6. Describe the conversation between Devadatta and Padmini when she suggests they take the baby to the lake.

7. What does Padmini do when she finds Kapila and Devadatta’s bodies at the temple?

8. After finding the child’s dolls torn up, where does Padmini suggest Devadatta do and what does she suggest he get while there?

9. What temples does Kapila point out while they are stopped on their way to Ujjain, and how does Devadatta react to hearing these names?

10. What does the Goddess Kali mean when she says that Devadatta and Kapila lied “to their last breaths” (33)?

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