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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. Where does Bernarda tell the servants to take her mother so she cannot be seen by the villagers?
(a) The basement.
(b) The front porch.
(c) The attic.
(d) The courtyard.

2. What does Bernarda order Poncia to bring her and the mourners at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Tea.
(d) Water.

3. What does Bernarda tell her daughters that she will do as long as she's alive in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Have her fun.
(b) Be married.
(c) Have children.
(d) Run the house.

4. Who does Bernarda beat in Act 2, Part 2, when Angustias has to hold her back?
(a) Adela.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Poncia.

5. What do the servants' complaints change to when Bernarda enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Wails of grief.
(c) Silence.
(d) Cries of sympathy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time did Poncia say she actually heard Pepe leave the house in Act 2, Part 1?

3. What color is the dress Adela changes into out of her mourning clothes?

4. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "You've told me that ________ times already, and I have chosen not to answer you."

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

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