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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1 Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the person who comes to the door in Act 1, Part 1, say they always get from the house?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Money.
(d) Scraps from the table.

2. During Bernarda's conversation with the mourners, what does she tell her daughters not to do?
(a) Yell.
(b) Talk.
(c) Laugh.
(d) Cry.

3. What is the name of the person cleaning with a servant at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Poncia.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Bernarda.
(d) Adela.

4. Who is said to be locked up in another room of the house in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Amelia.
(b) Bernarda's mother.
(c) Martirio.
(d) Adela.

5. Where does Bernarda tell Poncia to take drinks to the men who are at her house mourning?
(a) The front porch.
(b) The patio.
(c) The front yard.
(d) The back yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bernarda returning home from at the beginning of the play?

2. What does Poncia come in with as the women mourners go out in Act 1, Part 2?

3. What noise is heard at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?

4. What does Bernarda claim is the only reason the mourners came to her house after they had gone out?

5. What does the Servant say Bernarda's mother is all dressed in near the end of Act 1, Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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