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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 Padmini ask Devadatta to do when she finds the dolls torn apart?
(a) Put them on the shelf and hope their son will not notice.
(b) Go to Ujjain to get new dolls.
(c) Throw them away.
(d) Find someone who will fix them.

2. Where does Kapila go after Devadatta and Padmini return to Dharampura?
(a) The temple of Kali to ask her to switch them back.
(b) The temple of Kali to kill himself.
(c) The temple of Lord Rudra to kill himself.
(d) The forest.

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

4. What does Kali tell Padmini was the real reason Kapila killed himself?
(a) Because he felt terrible for killing Devadatta.
(b) Because he did not want to face Padmini.
(c) Because he thought he would be accused of killing Devadatta.
(d) Because he could not live without his best friend.

5. What does Padmini whisper to Kapila for him to remember before she goes home with Devadatta?
(a) That she will dump Devadatta and come find him.
(b) That she is leaving with his body.
(c) That it is really him she loves.
(d) That she hopes to never see him again.

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 say he will do when Kapila suggests they go see the temples before going to Ujjain?

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

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

5. What question does Devadatta pose at the end of Act I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What error is made when Kali brings Devadatta and Kapila back to life?

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

6. How does Padmini feel about being Devadatta’s wife after he has Kapila’s body and why?

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

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

9. What does Devadatta say to Padmini about the life of a Brahmin after she tells him he never goes out anymore?

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

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