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

2. What does Benare call Mrs. Kashikar?
(a) Mrs. Prime Objective.
(b) An Expert on the Law.
(c) An Intellectual.
(d) Mrs. Hand-That-Rocks-the-Cradle.

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

4. 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) He is having an affair with a student.
(c) He is teaching late at the university.
(d) It is raining.

5. How does Benare describe Samant's character in Act One?
(a) She calls him a baby.
(b) She says he is a very pure and good person.
(c) She calls him a buffoon.
(d) She forgets his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. What books does Sukhatme say they have for the oath-taking in the mock trial?

2. What did Benare used to write on the first page of every book she had?

3. How does Ponkshe react to Benare's offer to do something for the others in Act one?

4. Whom does Samant say the green cloth parrot in his hand is for, in Act One?

5. How does Benare describe herself as a child?

(see the answer key)

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