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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Act One, how does Benare express that she likes Samant?
(a) She sticks her tongue out at him.
(b) She moves away from him.
(c) She forgets his name.
(d) She stands closely to him.

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

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

6. What do the characters discuss after deciding who should play the accused?
(a) The set arrangements.
(b) Her charge.
(c) Jury selection.
(d) Her sentence.

7. What did Benare used to write on the first page of every book she had?
(a) A children's story.
(b) A song.
(c) A poem.
(d) A nice fresh cover.

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

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

10. How does Samant respond to Benare's calling him "lovely"?
(a) He is non-responsive.
(b) He is embarrassed.
(c) He is flattered.
(d) He is angry.

11. What does Benare lie about, in Act One?
(a) Chewing pan.
(b) Smoking cigarettes.
(c) Meeting Damle.
(d) Buying garlands.

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

13. How do the characters know Damle will not make it to the mock trial?
(a) He is having an affair with a student.
(b) He is teaching late at the university.
(c) The next train doesn't arrive until 9 p.m.
(d) It is raining.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the song Benare is singing when she returns from the bathroom about?

2. What does Benare like about the Kashikars?

3. What does Benare say, in Act One, about her teaching?

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

5. What does Benare say she never buys?

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