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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Benare react to her charge?
(a) She laughs.
(b) She is stunned.
(c) She leaves the room.
(d) She is angry.

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

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

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

5. What does Benare say she never buys?
(a) Tea.
(b) Garlands.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Pan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benare lie about, in Act One?

2. What is Samant carrying in his hands when he enters in Act One?

3. What does Benare like about the Kashikars?

4. In Act one, what type of show does Benare say will be staged in the meeting hall that night?

5. What role was Damle supposed to play in the mock trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. Kashikar repeatedly verbally abuses his wife and son throughout the course of the play. Describe specific examples of how Kashikar is abusive toward his wife.

2. Benare asks the other characters to sit like children because she is going to tell them a story. Then, she recites half a poem to them before changing to a song. Describe the other characters’ responses to her and what her performance says about her character.

3. The character of “Rawte” is sick with the flu. Explain what his absence means for the other characters in the mock trial.

4. In the opening scene, Samant calls Benare a “schoolmarm,” but she appears to take offense at this because she corrects them. Explain why Benare would take offense to being called a “schoolmarm.”

5. Benare has a habit of teasing Ponkshe. Select and describe specific examples of how she makes fun of him.

6. When Benare states that she often plays games with the children at school, explain how this contradicts her earlier statements about her teaching.

7. In the opening scene, Benare tells Samant about Kashikar, Mrs. Kashikar, Rokde, Sukhatme, Ponkshe, and Damle without naming them directly. Describe the tone with which Benare speaks about the other characters.

8. For the mock charge in the imaginary play, the other characters choose the crime of “infanticide.” Explain how that foreshadows what happens later in the play.

9. Samant almost believes that the real President Johnson will be present for the mock trial. Explain what that demonstrates about his character.

10. In the opening scene, Benare and Samant hide and jump out to scare the other characters as the other characters enter, and Benare thinks it is funny that the others are scared. Explain how this contrasts the other characters’ teasing of her.

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