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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 a woman who was abducted from her home return the following morning with, according to the story in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Loose hair and flowers.
(b) With pants on.
(c) With no clothes on.
(d) With flowers in her hair.

2. What color are the pitchers Poncia hands out in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

3. Who goes out to get linen for the girls to start work on their hope chests?
(a) Angustias.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Adela.

4. Which of the daughters does not run out to see Pepe when he arrives at the house in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Adela.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Martirio.

5. What does the Servant say Bernarda's mother is all dressed in near the end of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Dresses and jewels.
(b) Rags.
(c) Pants and shirts.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has just died at the beginning of the play?

2. What part of the daughters' clothes does Bernarda say they cannot change in Act 1, Part 2?

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

4. What does Bernarda suggest her daughters can do with their hope chests during their time of mourning?

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

(see the answer key)

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