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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. How does Benare respond to Karnik's testimony in Act Two?
(a) She goes to the bathroom.
(b) She is tense.
(c) She picks her ear.
(d) She laughs.

2. What does Benare say the mock trial that day will be about?
(a) A man who prides himself on his book learning.
(b) A case against President Johnson for producing atomic weapons.
(c) A group of educators who bully a coworker out of jealousy.
(d) Two parents who treat their foster child like a slave.

3. Who does Sukhatme say will play the fourth witness in Rawte's place?
(a) Rokde.
(b) Ponkshe.
(c) Samant.
(d) Karnik.

4. Where does Samant go when he leaves the stage momentarily toward the end of Act One?
(a) To pick up Damle.
(b) To get the Bhagavad Gita.
(c) To use the bathroom.
(d) To buy cigarettes and pan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Samant offer Benare in Act One?

2. What is Ponkshe's day job?

3. What is Karnik's job?

4. In Act Two, what does Benare says she is going to do instead of participating in the imaginary case?

5. Who is the first character to enter in the play?

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