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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Benare say, in Act One, about her teaching?
(a) It is very hard work.
(b) She does it for the money.
(c) No one can find fault with it.
(d) She has difficult students.

3. Why does Karnik say Kashikar and Mrs. Kashikar are late?
(a) Kashikar wanted to buy Mrs. Kashikar a garland for her hair.
(b) Kashikar wanted to buy pan.
(c) They missed their train.
(d) Kashikar wanted to buy cigarettes.

4. What is Benare's response when Sukhatme sarcastically compliments her singing?
(a) She sticks her tongue out at him.
(b) She leaves the room.
(c) She stands up.
(d) She claps her hands.

5. What does Sukhatme propose the characters do to pass the time in Act One?
(a) Have an imaginary case.
(b) Play patience.
(c) Read a book.
(d) Play rummy.

6. What is Ponkshe's day job?
(a) He works as a clerk in the Central Telegraph Office.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is a scientist.
(d) He is an Intellectual.

7. 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 forgets his name.
(d) She calls him a buffoon.

8. What role was Damle supposed to play in the mock trial?
(a) The defense.
(b) A witness.
(c) The judge.
(d) The prosecution.

9. What does Mrs. Kashikar like about having an imaginary case?
(a) It is an opportunity to prepare Samant for the mock trial.
(b) It is an opportunity to rehearse.
(c) It is an opportunity to show off the garland in her hair.
(d) It is an opportunity to bully Benare.

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

11. Who is the first character to enter in the play?
(a) Benare.
(b) Kashikar.
(c) Sukhatme.
(d) Samant.

12. In Act one, what type of show does Benare say will be staged in the meeting hall that night?
(a) A play.
(b) A soccer match.
(c) A mock trial.
(d) A poetry recitation.

13. Who do the characters decide should play the accused?
(a) Damle.
(b) Benare.
(c) Rokde.
(d) Samant.

14. How does Ponkshe react to Benare's offer to do something for the others in Act one?
(a) He encourages her to continue.
(b) He sticks his fingers in his ears.
(c) He is annoyed.
(d) He asks her to sit down.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benare say is Kashikar's job?

2. Who does Sukhatme say will play the fourth witness in Rawte's place?

3. What does Samant keep trying to show Benare in Act One?

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

5. What does Benare say she never buys?

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