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

2. In Act Two, what does Benare say her charge should be instead of infanticide?
(a) Producing atomic weapons.
(b) Having an extramarital affair.
(c) Snatching public property.
(d) Aborting her child.

3. In Act Two, what does Samant say he and Benare talked about when they were alone together?
(a) Hypnotism.
(b) A novel.
(c) Pan.
(d) Their chilhoods.

4. In Act Two, what does Rokde say Damle and Benare were doing at Damle's house?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Sitting.

5. In Act Two, why can Samant not tell what happened after Damle's "terrifying laugh"?
(a) Kashikar reprimands him.
(b) Benare has left the room.
(c) Sukhatme interrupts him.
(d) He cannot find the page.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ponkshe call Benare in Act Two?

2. In Act Two, who does Sukhatme call to the witness stand after Rokde?

3. On what book does Ponkshe swear in Act Two?

4. From where does Samant get the latter half of his testimony in Act Two?

5. In Act Two, how does Karnik say he knows Benare?

Short Essay Questions

1. During Rokde’s testimony, Kashikar calls him a “buffoon.” What does that say about Kashikar’s treatment of Rokde?

2. Mr. Kashikar repeatedly reprimands his wife to be quiet every time she speaks. What effect does this have on her?

3. Rokde testifies that he saw Benare alone with Damle, to which she responds that she could provide the names and addresses of 25 more people with whom she is alone at times. What is telling about her response?

4. During his testimony, when Karnik asks if Sukhatme is referring to the trial or real life, Sukhatme responds, “in real life.” What is the significance of Sukhatme’s answer?

5. When Ponkshe is testifying, Benare sticks her tongue out at him. What does that say about her character?

6. Both Sukhatme and Kashikar open the play by extolling the virtues of motherhood. How does that foreshadow what is revealed later in the play?

7. When Rokde is called to the witness stand, he is visibly shaking and upset. Why?

8. In his testimony, Samant says the door to Damle’s room was locked. What does that foreshadow in the play?

9. The tone of the play shifts from light-hearted joking to vicious bullying of Benare that leaves her devastated. What scene can be said to be the turning point in the play?

10. Benare repeatedly calls Rokde “Balu” even though he asks her not to call him that. What does that say about her character?

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