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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adela say she is going into the village wearing the next day after the funeral?
(a) Her white shoes.
(b) Her green dress.
(c) Her black veil.
(d) Flowers in her hair.

2. Where in the room was Pepe's picture found?
(a) Under her pillow.
(b) Under her bed.
(c) In her drawer.
(d) Between the sheets.

3. What does Bernarda comment that she's being made to drink in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) The bitterest poison.
(b) Blood.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Water.

4. What is Bernarda's mother's name?
(a) Maria-Josefa.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Adela.

5. Complete the sentence by Adela in the play, "Sometimes she looks into my room to see if I'm ________."
(a) Alone.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Alive.
(d) Awake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes out to get linen for the girls to start work on their hope chests?

2. What is the name of Bernarda's oldest daughter?

3. What does Bernarda meet with a lawyer about in the play?

4. Who says that it's better to never even look at a man and that she's been afraid of men since she was a girl?

5. What does Maria Josefa say the women in the house's hearts will turn to near the end of Act 1, Part 3?

(see the answer key)

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