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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act One, pages 13-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Samant keep trying to show Benare in Act One?
(a) A green cloth parrot.
(b) A book.
(c) A lock and key.
(d) A magic trick.

2. What does Benare offer to do for the others in Act One?
(a) Sing songs for them.
(b) Teach them.
(c) Tell them a children's story.
(d) Recite poems for them.

3. Who does Rokde say has not arrived yet, in Act One?
(a) Damle.
(b) Ponkshe.
(c) Kashikar.
(d) Sukhatme.

4. How does Samant respond to Benare's calling him "lovely"?
(a) He is non-responsive.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is flattered.
(d) He is embarrassed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the characters know Damle will not make it to the mock trial?

2. What is the song Benare is singing when she returns from the bathroom about?

3. What does Benare say, in Act One, about her teaching?

4. What does Kashikar say Benare's charge is?

5. Where does Samant go when he leaves the stage momentarily toward the end of Act One?

(see the answer key)

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