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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. What does Benare lie about, in Act One?
(a) Chewing pan.
(b) Smoking cigarettes.
(c) Meeting Damle.
(d) Buying garlands.

2. In Act One, how does Benare express that she likes Samant?
(a) She moves away from him.
(b) She forgets his name.
(c) She sticks her tongue out at him.
(d) She stands closely to him.

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

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

5. What did Benare used to write on the first page of every book she had?
(a) A poem.
(b) A song.
(c) A children's story.
(d) A nice fresh cover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Benare ask Samant to open a window in Act One?

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

3. Who does Rokde say has not arrived yet, in Act One?

4. What does Benare say, in Act One, about her teaching?

5. What role do the characters argue about in Act One?

Short Essay Questions

1. Benare talks about what she was like as a child. Contrast her description of her childhood self to the way she is in the play.

2. Benare comes out of the bathroom singing a song about a parrot and a sparrow, which is the same song she sings at the end of the play. Explain the significance of the song.

3. The Kashikars are late because Kashikar wanted to buy a garland for Mrs. Kashikar’s hair. Explain what that says about the state of their marriage.

4. Samant enters carrying a lock and key and asks Benare if she caught her finger in the lock when he sees she is sucking on her finger. How does this foreshadow what happens later in the play?

5. 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.”

6. When Sukhatme teases Benare about her “husband,” what is her response and why?

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

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

9. 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.

10. Because Damle missed the last train that would arrive in time for the mock trial, he will not be able to participate in the mock trial. Explain what that means for Benare and the other characters.

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