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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role do the characters argue about in Act One?
(a) The lawyers.
(b) The fourth witness.
(c) The judge.
(d) The accused.

2. What does Benare lie about, in Act One?
(a) Smoking cigarettes.
(b) Chewing pan.
(c) Meeting Damle.
(d) Buying garlands.

3. What does Mrs. Kashikar ask Rokde about in Act One?
(a) Sukhatme's lawyer's gown.
(b) The luggage.
(c) Ponkshe's pipe.
(d) Kashikar's judge's wig.

4. In Act One, how does Benare express that she likes Samant?
(a) She moves away from him.
(b) She stands closely to him.
(c) She sticks her tongue out at him.
(d) She forgets his name.

5. Who does Sukhatme say will play the fourth witness in Rawte's place?
(a) Karnik.
(b) Rokde.
(c) Ponkshe.
(d) Samant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Samant call Benare that offends her in Act one?

2. Who does Rokde say has not arrived yet, in Act One?

3. What does Ponkshe want in Act One?

4. What does Mrs. Kashikar like about having an imaginary case?

5. In Act one, what type of show does Benare say will be staged in the meeting hall that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. The others decide that Benare should play the accused and what her charge will be when she out of the room in the restroom. Explain what that means for Benare’s character.

2. When Ponkshe wants tea, Samant informs him there is no sugar. Explain what the absence of sugar symbolizes in the play.

3. Benare recites a poem she used to write on the first page of every book she had when she was a schoolgirl. Describe how the poem foreshadows what is later revealed in the play.

4. The character of “Rawte” is sick with the flu. Explain what his absence means for the other characters in the mock trial.

5. 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.

6. In the opening scene, Benare is flirting with Samant. Provide specific examples of how Benare lets Samant know she likes him.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Benare has a habit of teasing Ponkshe. Select and describe specific examples of how she makes fun of him.

10. When Sukhatme teases Benare about her “husband,” what is her response and why?

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