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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1 Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Bernarda's conversation with the mourners, what does she tell her daughters not to do?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Cry.
(c) Yell.
(d) Talk.

2. What words do the two servants use to describe Bernarda before she returns home in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Excited.
(b) Sad and melancholy.
(c) Happy and cheerful.
(d) Tyrannical and demanding.

3. Where does Poncia go to listen to the last prayers of the day?
(a) On the porch.
(b) The window.
(c) The door.
(d) In her room.

4. 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 ______."
(a) Pill.
(b) Branch.
(c) Drink.
(d) Leaf.

5. What is Bernarda's mother's name?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Adela.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Maria-Josefa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the person who is locked up in another room of the house said to be?

3. Who goes out to get linen for the girls to start work on their hope chests?

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

5. What do the bells announce the last of in the day in Act 1, Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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