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

2. What does Poncia say Angustias will be busy doing soon after she's married?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Running after children.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Taking care of her husband.

3. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "With the ___ that opens all doors, and the hand that closes them."
(a) Love.
(b) Hand.
(c) Heart.
(d) Key.

4. What does a woman come and do for the men working in the fields?
(a) Intimacy.
(b) Sing and dance.
(c) Food.
(d) Women.

5. What does Bernarda meet with a lawyer about in the play?
(a) Her husband's will.
(b) The deed to her house.
(c) Her inheritance.
(d) Her daughter's money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bernarda tell Poncia to bring out to the men who gave her money?

2. Complete this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "On that day I will lock myself up in a room with her and _______ at her for an entire year."

3. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "Yes, to fill my house with the ____ of their underskirts and their venomous tongues."

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

5. Who slyly suggests that Adela plans on giving her body to Pepe?

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