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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 question does Devadatta pose at the end of Act I?
(a) How can I get rid of Kapila?
(b) Whose child is Padmini carrying?
(c) What is the solution to this problem?
(d) How can I get rid of Padmini?

2. 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.

3. After Devadatta leaves to get new dolls, where does Padmini tell the child she will take him?
(a) Kali’s temple.
(b) Her father’s house.
(c) The forest.
(d) The Fair.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Kali tell Padmini was the real reason Kapila killed himself?

5. After seeking answers to their problem, who is decided to be Padmini’s husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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