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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Samant think about the discussion about spitting out pan in Act Two?
(a) He is exasperated.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He thinks it is interesting.
(d) He is embarrassed.

2. In Act Two, who does Sukhatme call to the witness stand after Karnik?
(a) Rokde.
(b) Ponkshe.
(c) Mrs. Kashikar.
(d) Samant.

3. In Act Two, what does Kashikar call Rokde?
(a) Mrs. Hand-That-Rocks-the-Cradle.
(b) A buffoon.
(c) Mr. Prime Objective.
(d) A baby.

4. What does Samant think of Benare in Act Two?
(a) He thinks she is lovely.
(b) He thinks she is amazing.
(c) He thinks she is a pure and good person.
(d) He thinks she is a nice.

5. In Act Two, who does Karnik say has seen Benare in a compromising situation?
(a) Ponkshe.
(b) Damle.
(c) Samant.
(d) Rokde.

6. In Act Two, how does Rokde say Benare reacted when she saw him?
(a) Her face fell.
(b) She told him a children's story.
(c) She stuck her tongue out at him.
(d) She laughed.

7. In Act Two, what does Benare threaten to do?
(a) To tell a children's story.
(b) To recite a poem.
(c) To leave.
(d) To sing a song.

8. Where does Samant say he went in his testimony in Act Two?
(a) The university.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) Professor Damle's room in Bombay.
(d) A neighboring village.

9. In Act Two, how does Karnik say he knows Benare?
(a) They met at Damle's.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) They are both teachers at the same school.
(d) They are both members of the Living Lawcourt.

10. In Act Two, why does Samant get the dictionary himself?
(a) He has forgotten the Bible.
(b) Rokde has gone to the bathroom.
(c) He has forgotten the Bhagavad Gita.
(d) He is quite religious.

11. In Act Two, how does Karnik define a mother?
(a) One who gives birth to pups.
(b) One who cruelly strangles the infant she has borne to death.
(c) One who protects the infant she has borne.
(d) One who gives birth.

12. Why does Benare say she was momentarily serious in Act Two?
(a) Because the others have chosen her to play the accused.
(b) Because she is stunned by her charge.
(c) To create the right atmosphere for the court.
(d) Because Damle is absent.

13. In Act Two, how does Samant respond to Benare's outburst?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Cruelly.
(c) Sympathetically.
(d) Emotionally.

14. In Act Two, who does Sukhatme call to the witness stand after Rokde?
(a) Karnik.
(b) Mrs. Kashikar.
(c) Samant.
(d) Ponkshe.

15. How much time passes between Act One and Act Two?
(a) No time.
(b) A few minutes.
(c) Several hours.
(d) A day.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Karnik respond to Sukhatme's questions in Act Two?

2. What do the characters waste time debating at the beginning of the imaginary case?

3. What does Benare keep calling Rokde in Act Two?

4. Why does Kashikar reprimand Benare in Act Two?

5. In Act Two, what does Sukhatme think is the reason Benare is so upset?

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