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

2. What do the characters waste time debating at the beginning of the imaginary case?
(a) How long it takes to go to the bathroom.
(b) How long it takes to spit out pan.
(c) How long it will take Damle to arrive.
(d) How to arrange the furniture.

3. Why does Ponkshe think Benare is a "bit too much" in Act Two?
(a) She jokes too much.
(b) She sings too much.
(c) She flirts with men too much.
(d) She recites poems.

4. What role do the characters argue about in Act One?
(a) The accused.
(b) The fourth witness.
(c) The lawyers.
(d) The judge.

5. What books does Sukhatme say they have for the oath-taking in the mock trial?
(a) The Bible and the Bhagavad Gita.
(b) The Bible and the Oxford English Dictionary.
(c) The Bhagavad Gita and the Oxford English Dictionary.
(d) The Bible and the Koran.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Kashikar like about having an imaginary case?

2. What role was Damle supposed to play in the mock trial?

3. What does Benare lie about, in Act One?

4. What does Samant call Benare that offends her in Act one?

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

(see the answer key)

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