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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. Who is exposed behind the curtain when Nata runs back on stage yelling “It’s coming!” (2)?
(a) Hayavadana.
(b) Devadatta.
(c) Ganesha.
(d) Kapila.

2. Who sits at the table with the musicians stage right at the start of Hayavadana?
(a) Bhagavata.
(b) Ganesha.
(c) Nata.
(d) Hayavadana.

3. What does Padmini say about Kapila’s cart driving while they are on their way to Ujjain?
(a) It is far better than Devadatta’s.
(b) It is far worse than Devadatta’s.
(c) It is too fast.
(d) It is too slow.

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

5. How does the audience know that Kapila has heard Devadatta’s story before?
(a) Because Kapila draws a picture of a woman exactly as Devadatta has described.
(b) Because Kapila sticks his fingers in his ears and says, “Blah, blah, blah, I’ve heard this all before.”
(c) Because Kapila silently mouths the words as Devadatta speaks.
(d) Because Kapila joins in Devadatta’s description verbatim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Devadatta tell Kapila it does not matter if his love has a name?

2. What does Devadatta first suggest Kapila do because his is annoying him in Act I?

3. Who enters second after the Bhagavata completes his song which introduces the story?

4. 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?

5. After the Princess refused to go with her husband unless he was a horse, how was she cursed?

(see the answer key)

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