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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. What does the person who comes to the door in Act 1, Part 1, say they always get from the house?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Scraps from the table.
(c) Money.
(d) Clothes.

2. Who comes to the door after Poncia goes out in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Adela.
(b) Pepe.
(c) A Servant.
(d) A Beggar woman.

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

4. Who is said to be locked up in another room of the house in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Bernarda's mother.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Adela.
(d) Martirio.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What do the servants' complaints change to when Bernarda enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?

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