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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 is the name of Bernarda's oldest daughter?
(a) Angustias.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Amelia.

2. What does Magdalena say that Angustias did just like her father in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Talked through her nose.
(b) Gurgled.
(c) Laughed.
(d) Snored.

3. In what way does Bernarda tell Poncia to have the men leave the house?
(a) Carefully.
(b) The way they came in.
(c) As soon as possible.
(d) Later on in the night.

4. What does Poncia inspect and finds spots on?
(a) Plates.
(b) Silverware.
(c) The counters.
(d) Glassware.

5. Who says that it's better to never even look at a man and that she's been afraid of men since she was a girl?
(a) Adela.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Amelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the sentence spoken by Adela in the play, "If you don't want to embroider them, then ______ just as they are."

2. Which of the following do Bernarda and the mourners not make small talk about in Act 1, Part 2?

3. 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."

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

5. Complete this sentence spoken by the Servant in the play, "Floors, cupboards, pedestals, iron bed frames polished with oil, while those of us who live in huts of mud with only a spoon and a plate to our name have to swallow the bitter ______."

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