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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 books does Sukhatme say they have for the oath-taking in the mock trial?
(a) The Bible and the Koran.
(b) The Bhagavad Gita and the Oxford English Dictionary.
(c) The Bible and the Oxford English Dictionary.
(d) The Bible and the Bhagavad Gita.

2. What does Benare say, in Act One, about her teaching?
(a) It is very hard work.
(b) She has difficult students.
(c) No one can find fault with it.
(d) She does it for the money.

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

4. What does Mrs. Kashikar like about having an imaginary case?
(a) It is an opportunity to rehearse.
(b) It is an opportunity to show off the garland in her hair.
(c) It is an opportunity to prepare Samant for the mock trial.
(d) It is an opportunity to bully Benare.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Samant say the green cloth parrot in his hand is for, in Act One?

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

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

4. Who do the characters decide should play the accused?

5. Who does Sukhatme say will play the fourth witness in Rawte's place?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

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

3. When Benare says she forgot a book to read to pass the time before the show, Samant offers her the novel he has with him. Explain how this foreshadows what happens later in the play.

4. The others decide that Benare should play the accused and what her charge will be when she out of the room in the restroom. Explain what that means for Benare’s character.

5. 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?

6. 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.

7. 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.”

8. When Ponkshe wants tea, Samant informs him there is no sugar. Explain what the absence of sugar symbolizes in the play.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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