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

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

3. How does Angustias describe her proposal from Pepe?

4. Complete the sentence by Amelia in the play, "_________ is to blame, it makes life impossible".

5. What reason does Bernarda give Angustias to wipe off her makeup?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Magdalena suggest to Adela about Pepe in Act 1, Part 3?

2. How does Bernarda's daughters react to her suggestion about what they should do during their eight years of mourning?

3. What does Bernarda say she will be doing after her daughters argue about what time Pepe has been leaving their house?

4. What does Adela say about mourning in Act 1, Part 3?

5. How is Bernarda's mother described the first time she is seen in the play?

6. How does Adela react when Martirio suggests she didn't sleep well in Act 2, Part 1?

7. What reason does a Beggar Woman come to Bernarda's house?

8. What happens to Martirio when she is caught with Pepe's picture?

9. How does Bernarda react when she learns someone stole Pepe's picture?

10. What does Bernarda do to make the Servant cry at the end of Act 1, Part 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character Bernarda is perhaps one of the most complex and intriguing presences in the play. Part 1.) What is the nature of Bernarda? Part 2.) What seems to be Bernarda's motivations for enacting such control over the people in her life? Part 3.) What trials might Bernarda be dealing with to account for her being so tyrannical over those living in her household.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the concept of freedom in the play. What does freedom seem to represent to the characters in the play, namely Adela and Maria Josefa? What is hindering these characters from finding true freedom? What might the author be saying about the price freedom costs?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's setting up the exposition and background of the characters in the first act of the play. What is significant about using the servants to convey information about the play's characters? What reason does the author have for giving so much information about the characters so quickly?

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