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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I: Pages 11-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After 15 years of marriage, who does the Princess find has replaced her husband?
(a) Flower petals.
(b) A horse.
(c) The Bhagavata.
(d) A Celestial Being.

2. After Hayavadana leaves to see the goddess, the Bhagavata begins his story about two friend who forgot themselves after seeing whom?
(a) A god.
(b) A goddess.
(c) A girl.
(d) A beast.

3. What does the female chorus sing about after the Bhagavata introduces the story?
(a) Why love should be tied down to just one.
(b) Two friends who lost their heads.
(c) A beautiful girl who destroyed two men.
(d) Two men who acted like fools over a girl.

4. What does Kapila say to the audience to indicate Devadatta may feel differently about his new love than the previous 15?
(a) “This is new.”
(b) “First time for everything.”
(c) “How unusual.”
(d) “Haven’t heard that one before.”

5. How does Devadatta react to Kapila when he comments that he must be thinking about a girl?
(a) He storms away in anger.
(b) He becomes irritated.
(c) He ignores him.
(d) He laughs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters first after the Bhagavata completes his song to introduce his story to the audience?

2. Where does Devadatta sit when he enters the stage for the first time?

3. Which Prince’s arrival causes Hayavadan’s mother to faint?

4. What does the girl hold up high in the song the Bhagavata sings in Act I?

5. After getting the flowers from the tree they saw on their way to Ujjain, what does Kapila tell Padmini the colors on the flowers represent?

(see the answer key)

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