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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. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "Yes, to fill my house with the ____ of their underskirts and their venomous tongues."
(a) Liquid.
(b) Heat.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Love.

2. Complete the sentence by Poncia in the play, "If she starts having children you'll be _____ day and night."
(a) Eating.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Lying.
(d) Crying.

3. Complete the sentence by Magdalena in the play, "If you're arguing about the ________, you are the richest one anyway, you can keep it all."
(a) Inheritance.
(b) Future.
(c) Money.
(d) Will.

4. What does Adela do before shouting that the woman at the top of the hill should be freed?
(a) Cries.
(b) Grabs her stomach.
(c) Laughs.
(d) Pushes Bernarda.

5. What does Adela say she is going into the village wearing the next day after the funeral?
(a) Her green dress.
(b) Her white shoes.
(c) Her black veil.
(d) Flowers in her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria Josefa ask Bernarda to give back of hers in Act 1, Part 3?

2. What does Bernarda ask Poncia regarding the men on the patio in Act 1, Part 3?

3. During Bernarda's conversation with the mourners, what does she tell her daughters not to do?

4. What color are the pitchers Poncia hands out in Act 1, Part 2?

5. What does the Servant say Bernarda's mother is all dressed in near the end of Act 1, Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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