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

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

4. Who do Ponkshe and Karnik gossip about in Act One?
(a) Benare.
(b) Mrs. Kashikar.
(c) Rokde.
(d) Damle.

5. What does Mrs. Kashikar ask Rokde about in Act One?
(a) The luggage.
(b) Ponkshe's pipe.
(c) Sukhatme's lawyer's gown.
(d) Kashikar's judge's wig.

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

7. What does Benare like about the Kashikars?
(a) They do nice things for each other.
(b) They do good things for other people.
(c) They are educated.
(d) They have a good sense of humor.

8. What does Samant call Benare that offends her in Act one?
(a) A teacher.
(b) An educator.
(c) A schoolmarm.
(d) An instructor.

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

10. 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.

11. How does Benare describe herself as a child?
(a) Independent.
(b) Witty.
(c) Outspoken.
(d) Very quiet.

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

13. Who does Sukhatme say will play the fourth witness in Rawte's place?
(a) Karnik.
(b) Samant.
(c) Rokde.
(d) Ponkshe.

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. About what is the song that Benare sings in English in Act one?
(a) A man who wants to marry her.
(b) An inscription she wrote on the first page of every book.
(c) Waves crashing on a shore.
(d) A parrot, a sparrow, and a crow.