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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two, pages 25-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enters in Act One while Benare and the others are singing?
(a) Sukhatme.
(b) Kashikar.
(c) Mrs. Kashikar.
(d) Karnik.

2. Why does Karnik say Kashikar and Mrs. Kashikar are late?
(a) Kashikar wanted to buy pan.
(b) Kashikar wanted to buy Mrs. Kashikar a garland for her hair.
(c) Kashikar wanted to buy cigarettes.
(d) They missed their train.

3. How do the characters know Damle will not make it to the mock trial?
(a) The next train doesn't arrive until 9 p.m.
(b) It is raining.
(c) He is teaching late at the university.
(d) He is having an affair with a student.

4. Who do Ponkshe and Karnik gossip about in Act One?
(a) Mrs. Kashikar.
(b) Rokde.
(c) Benare.
(d) Damle.

5. What does Benare say, in Act One, about her teaching?
(a) She does it for the money.
(b) She has difficult students.
(c) No one can find fault with it.
(d) It is very hard work.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act Two, how does Karnik define a mother?

2. What does Samant keep trying to show Benare in Act One?

3. How does Benare react when Ponkshe tells her she has been accused?

4. What does Sukhatme call Ponkshe in Act Two?

5. What does Samant think about President Johnson?

(see the answer key)

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