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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do the characters know Damle will not make it to the mock trial?
2. How does Benare describe herself as a child?
3. Whom does Samant say the green cloth parrot in his hand is for, in Act One?
4. What does Benare say, in Act One, about her teaching?
5. What is Ponkshe's day job?
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. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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 Benare states that she often plays games with the children at school, explain how this contradicts her earlier statements about her teaching.
7. 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.
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. Benare has a habit of teasing Ponkshe. Select and describe specific examples of how she makes fun of him.
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.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
One of the reasons the other characters bully Leele Benare is that she is a free spirit. Select and describe specific examples of Benare’s character that indicate that she is a free spirit.
Essay Topic 2
“Silence! The Court Is in Session!” is a play within a play: an imaginary play that is a sort of rehearsal for the mock trial scheduled to take place later. Discuss the ways in which the line between fantasy and reality is blurred throughout the play.
Essay Topic 3
When Benare talks about her teaching, she says “people are jealous.” Do you think jealousy is a motivation for the other characters’ bullying of Benare? Explain why.
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