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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bernarda tell Poncia she didn't allow Martirio to marry a man that had been courting her in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) Because the blood of their families couldn't mix.
(b) He wasn't good for her.
(c) She didn't love him.
(d) He was a bad person.

2. Complete the sentence spoken by Adela in the play, "If you don't want to embroider them, then ______ just as they are."
(a) Leave.
(b) Kill.
(c) Destroy.
(d) Throw.

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

4. Who does the servant tell Bernarda was looking at the men on the patio?
(a) Adela.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Angustias.

5. What do Amelia, Magdalena, Martirio, and Angustias sit doing with Poncia at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Eating.
(b) Painting.
(c) Drawing.
(d) Sewing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bernarda say they will have to keep out of the house in Act 2, Part 3?

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

3. During Bernarda's conversation with the mourners, what does she tell her daughters not to do?

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

5. What does the Servant say Bernarda's mother wished to do in Act 1, Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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