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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 song Benare is singing when she returns from the bathroom about?
2. What does Benare say is Kashikar's job?
3. Where does Samant go when he leaves the stage momentarily toward the end of Act One?
4. What does Samant call Benare that offends her in Act one?
5. What role do the characters argue about in Act One?
Short Essay Questions
1. Samant enters carrying a lock and key and asks Benare if she caught her finger in the lock when he sees she is sucking on her finger. How does this foreshadow what happens later in the play?
2. The character of “Rawte” is sick with the flu. Explain what his absence means for the other characters in the mock trial.
3. Samant almost believes that the real President Johnson will be present for the mock trial. Explain what that demonstrates about his character.
4. For the mock charge in the imaginary play, the other characters choose the crime of “infanticide.” Explain how that foreshadows what happens later in the play.
5. In the opening scene, Benare is flirting with Samant. Is Samant aware of this or not? Explain.
6. Benare has a habit of teasing Ponkshe. Select and describe specific examples of how she makes fun of him.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. In the opening scene, Samant calls Benare a “schoolmarm,” but she appears to take offense at this because she corrects them. Explain why Benare would take offense to being called a “schoolmarm.”
10. The Kashikars are late because Kashikar wanted to buy a garland for Mrs. Kashikar’s hair. Explain what that says about the state of their marriage.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
One could argue that Benare has a contradictory character. Select and describe ways with specific examples in which Benare is hypocritical or contradicts herself. Discuss whether or not her conflicting nature justifies the other characters’ bullying of her.
Essay Topic 2
A play is in and of itself a work of art, but there are several other works of art (poems and songs) referenced in the play. Describe the role of art in the play and especially in building Benare’s character.
Essay Topic 3
The other characters’ bullying of Benare feels personal. Provide specific examples of things Benare may have said and/or done that inspired the other characters to mistreat her.
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