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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Whom does Samant say the green cloth parrot in his hand is for, in Act One?
(a) Benare.
(b) His nephew.
(c) His sister-in-law.
(d) His wife.

7. What does Benare say the mock trial that day will be about?
(a) Two parents who treat their foster child like a slave.
(b) A case against President Johnson for producing atomic weapons.
(c) A group of educators who bully a coworker out of jealousy.
(d) A man who prides himself on his book learning.

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

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

10. Why does Benare ask Samant to open a window in Act One?
(a) She sees something interesing outside the window.
(b) She feels hot.
(c) She wants to leave.
(d) Her stomach hurts.

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Benare say she never buys?

3. How does Benare react when Ponkshe tells her she has been accused?

4. What is Ponkshe's day job?

5. What is Benare's response when Sukhatme sarcastically compliments her singing?

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