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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1 Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bernarda claim is the only reason the mourners came to her house after they had gone out?
(a) To steal money.
(b) To help out.
(c) To snoop and criticize.
(d) To offer sympathy.

2. What words do the two servants use to describe Bernarda before she returns home in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Sad and melancholy.
(b) Tyrannical and demanding.
(c) Excited.
(d) Happy and cheerful.

3. Who has just died at the beginning of the play?
(a) Bernarda's father.
(b) Bernarda's husband.
(c) Bernarda's grandmother.
(d) Bernarda's mother.

4. How many daughters does Bernarda have?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. What is the name of Bernarda's daughter who stops crying after the women go out in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Adela.
(d) Amelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Servant say she is glad will never force her to have sex with him?

2. Complete this sentence spoken by the Servant in the play, "Floors, cupboards, pedestals, iron bed frames polished with oil, while those of us who live in huts of mud with only a spoon and a plate to our name have to swallow the bitter ______."

3. What does Adela say she is going into the village wearing the next day after the funeral?

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. Where does Bernarda tell the servants to take her mother so she cannot be seen by the villagers?

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