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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Samant offer Benare in Act One?
(a) Pan.
(b) Tea.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) A book to read.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is the song Benare is singing when she returns from the bathroom about?
(a) Flowers.
(b) A parrot and a crow.
(c) A parrot and a sparrow.
(d) A crow and a sparrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benare offer to do for the others in Act One?

2. What does Kashikar say Benare's charge is?

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

4. What books does Sukhatme say they have for the oath-taking in the mock trial?

5. Where does Samant go when he leaves the stage momentarily toward the end of Act One?

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