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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 do the bells announce the last of in the day in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Meal.
(b) Prayers.
(c) Parades.
(d) Church services.

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

3. What is Poncia's comment regarding Bernarda's daughters when Bernarda comments on Angustias' flirting?
(a) That they want to have husbands.
(b) That they are the right age to be married.
(c) That they are pretty.
(d) That they still have time to have children.

4. What is the person who is locked up in another room of the house said to be?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Old.
(c) Sick.
(d) Insane.

5. Where does Bernarda tell Poncia to take drinks to the men who are at her house mourning?
(a) The patio.
(b) The front porch.
(c) The back yard.
(d) The front yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Poncia go to listen to the last prayers of the day?

2. What does Poncia say about the woman and the men who abducted her?

3. What is the name of Bernarda's oldest daughter?

4. What does the person who comes to the door in Act 1, Part 1, say they always get from the house?

5. Which of the daughters says the real reason a young woman cannot leave her house is because she is afraid of Bernarda?

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