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

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

3. When Devadatta moves the doll to look for a book, what does the doll tell the other doll about his hands?
(a) They are rough like a laborer’s.
(b) They are soft like a young girl’s.
(c) They are beautiful.
(d) They are clumsy.

4. What does Padmini realize she is too weak to do after finding Kapila and Devadatta dead?
(a) Cut off her own head.
(b) Stab herself in the chest.
(c) Raise a child with no husband.
(d) Live alone.

5. What does Padmini worry people will think regarding Devadatta and Kaplia’s suicide if she returns to the city?
(a) She worries they will call her a whore whom the two men fought and died for.
(b) She worries they will think Kapila and Devadatta were romantically involved.
(c) She worries they will think Kapila must be the father of her child.
(d) She worries they will think the two men died accidentally.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which part of Devadatta does Kapila argue Padmini wants?

4. What does Devadatta invite The Bhagavata to in order to celebrate his son’s birth?

5. What does the Bhagavata suggest the audience do during their ten-minute intermission?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the two dolls discuss just before and just after the baby is born?

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

4. What does Padmini tell Devadatta after he asks her to prepare lime juice for his guest, and how does Devadatta react?

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

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

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

8. 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?

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 Devadatta do while at the fair which is unusual behavior for him, and how does Padmini react to it?

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