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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 mistake does Padmini make just before Kali brings the men back to life?
(a) She runs away so they cannot find her.
(b) She drops the heads and they roll away.
(c) She tells Kali she really loves Kapila.
(d) She puts the heads on the wrong bodies.

2. Who does Devadatta first tell about the birth of his son?
(a) Padmini’s father.
(b) His father.
(c) The dolls.
(d) Kapila.

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

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

5. What is the first thing Padmini asks Kali when she see her in the temple after finding Devadatta and Kapila’s bodies?
(a) Why she did not stop them.
(b) If they said anything about her.
(c) If she spoke to them.
(d) Which one was a better man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Padmini and Kapila discover when they return from their walk to the temples at the stop on the way to Ujjain?

2. What does Devadatta ask Lord Rudra to do after Kapila and Padmini head off to the temples together?

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

4. What does Devadatta say his true role is when Padmini complains he never goes out anymore?

5. What does Kapila say to Devadatta before cutting off his own head?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Padmini do once Devadatta leaves for the Ujjain fair to buy new dolls for the baby?

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

3. Where does Devadatta go after he and Padmini return to Dharampura as husband and wife, and what does he purchase for their baby while there?

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

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

6. After Devadatta moves one of the dolls in search of a book, how do the dolls describe his changed body?

7. What conversation do Padmini and Devadatta have about sandal oil after Devadatta returns from the fair?

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

9. How do Kapila and Devadatta react when they find they have swapped bodies?

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

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