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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3 Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Prudencia go to join in after hearing the bells ring at the church?
(a) The final prayers of the day.
(b) A marriage.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A baptism.

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

3. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "Place a burning coal where her _____ lies."
(a) Mind.
(b) Sin.
(c) Soul.
(d) Heart.

4. Which of the following do Bernarda and the mourners not make small talk about in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) The heat.
(b) The men working in the fields.
(c) The servants.
(d) Bernarda's late husband.

5. Complete the sentence spoken by Adela in the play, "If you don't want to embroider them, then ______ just as they are."
(a) Destroy.
(b) Throw.
(c) Kill.
(d) Leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poncia suggest Bernarda's family could have done after Bernarda says the men in the village are not good enough for her daughters?

2. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "If the villagers want to make ____ accusations they will find I am hard as rock."

3. What is the name of Bernarda's daughter who stops crying after the women go out in Act 1, Part 2?

4. What does Bernarda say she still has in regards to her household in Act 2, Part 2?

5. Complete the sentence by Amelia in the play, "It's not as if Pepe was a _______ Saint Bartholomew."

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