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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. What is the first thing Padmini asks Kali when she see her in the temple after finding Devadatta and Kapila’s bodies?

2. After suggesting that Devadatta stop putting on oil, what smell does Devadatta tell Padmini is what she really preferred?

3. What does Padmini ask Devadatta to do when she finds the dolls torn apart?

4. Where does Devadatta suggest he and Padmini go when he returns from the fair?

5. What does Devadatta say his true role is when Padmini complains he never goes out anymore?

Short Essay Questions

1. After finding the child’s dolls torn up, where does Padmini suggest Devadatta do and what does she suggest he get while there?

2. How do Kapila and Devadatta react when they find they have swapped bodies?

3. What problem arises in regards to Padmini after Kapila and Devadatta’s heads and bodies are switched?

4. Where does Devadatta go after he and Padmini return to Dharampura as husband and wife, and what does he purchase for their baby while there?

5. What does the Goddess Kali mean when she says that Devadatta and Kapila lied “to their last breaths” (33)?

6. What conversation do Padmini and Devadatta have about sandal oil after Devadatta returns from the fair?

7. How does Padmini feel about being Devadatta’s wife after he has Kapila’s body and why?

8. What does Kapila do after he and Padmini return from their work to find Devadatta is gone?

9. What does Devadatta do while at the fair which is unusual behavior for him, and how does Padmini react to it?

10. What do the two dolls discuss just before and just after the baby is born?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing the ending of Hayavadana. How do you think this ending reflects the themes of freedom, friendship, or survival?

Essay Topic 2

Early on in the play the Bhagavata breaks the fourth wall by addressing the audience. What impact does this have on the play? Why do you think the author chose to violate this performance convention.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the play Hayavadan’s commentary on gender roles. In what ways do the character conform to gender stereotypes of the time and in what ways do they go against these stereotypes?

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