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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act II: Pages 27-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kapila ask Devadatta when he sees he is not listening to him in Act I?
(a) If he is mad at Kapila.
(b) If he can stop reading and listen.
(c) If he can hear him.
(d) What girl is on his mind now.

2. How does Padmini notice Devadatta and Kapila’s body in the dark temple?
(a) She steps on them.
(b) She hears them moaning.
(c) She notices their shadow.
(d) She stumbles over them.

3. What is the name of the flowering tree Devadatta, Padmini, and Kapila see when they stop on their way to Ujjain?
(a) The Fortunate Lady’s Flower.
(b) The Weeping Wive’s Willow.
(c) The Breathtaking Beauty’s Banyan.
(d) The Sacred Lady’s Fig.

4. What does Padmini worry people will think regarding Devadatta and Kaplia’s suicide if she returns to the city?
(a) She worries they will think Kapila must be the father of her child.
(b) She worries they will think Kapila and Devadatta were romantically involved.
(c) She worries they will think the two men died accidentally.
(d) She worries they will call her a whore whom the two men fought and died for.

5. Who does the Hayavadana’s mother say she is going to marry?
(a) The Prince’s horse.
(b) The Prince’s camel.
(c) The Prince’s brother.
(d) The Prince’s elephant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Bhagavata tell Hayavadana the goddess he suggests he see is famous for?

3. What does Kapila tell Devadatta that he taught him about to try to calm Devadatta?

4. In the story the Bhagavata sings, he says that two men took off what?

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

(see the answer key)

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