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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act Two, pages 37-49.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Act Two, what is the reaction of most of the characters to Benare's outburst?
(a) They are angry.
(b) They are upset.
(c) They are excited.
(d) They are indifferent.

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

4. Why does Benare say she was momentarily serious in Act Two?
(a) To create the right atmosphere for the court.
(b) Because Damle is absent.
(c) Because she is stunned by her charge.
(d) Because the others have chosen her to play the accused.

5. What does Samant offer Benare in Act One?
(a) A book to read.
(b) Tea.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Pan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Ponkshe think Benare is a "bit too much" in Act Two?

3. What does Benare keep calling Rokde in Act Two?

4. What does Mrs. Kashikar ask Rokde about in Act One?

5. In Act Two, what does Sukhatme think is the reason Benare is so upset?

(see the answer key)

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