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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Benare react to her charge?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is stunned.
(d) She leaves the room.

3. How does Benare react when Ponkshe tells her she has been accused?
(a) She stiffens.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She leaves the room.
(d) She cries.

4. Where does Samant go when he leaves the stage momentarily toward the end of Act One?
(a) To pick up Damle.
(b) To buy cigarettes and pan.
(c) To get the Bhagavad Gita.
(d) To use the bathroom.

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

6. What is Samant carrying in his hands when he enters in Act One?
(a) A book.
(b) A lock and key, toy parrot, and a book.
(c) A toy parrot made of green cloth.
(d) A lock and key.

7. What does Benare say is Kashikar's job?
(a) He is a teacher.
(b) He is a social worker.
(c) He is a lawyer.
(d) He is a scientist.

8. What is Karnik's job?
(a) He is an experimental theatre actor.
(b) He is a scientist.
(c) He is an Intellectual.
(d) He is a social worker.

9. Why does Rokde say Rawte is missing, too, in Act One?
(a) He missed the train.
(b) He is sick with flu.
(c) He is teaching late at the university.
(d) He is buying garlands for his wife's hair.

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

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

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

13. What does Samant think about President Johnson?
(a) He thinks he is guilty of war crimes.
(b) He thinks he should be charged for producing atomic weapons.
(c) He thinks he will really appear in the mock trial.
(d) He thinks he is a bad president.

14. What does Ponkshe want in Act One?
(a) A song.
(b) Tea.
(c) A story.
(d) A poem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Samant say is missing for the tea?

2. Who enters in Act One while Benare and the others are singing?

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

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

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

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