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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. Who goes out to get linen for the girls to start work on their hope chests?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Angustias.
(d) Adela.

2. Who does Poncia say is a wonderful singer in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) The Sacristan.
(b) Bernarda.
(c) Adela.
(d) The Servant.

3. What part of the daughters' clothes does Bernarda say they cannot change in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Their coats.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their headscarves.
(d) Their dresses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Complete this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "In the paternoster his voice went up and up and up like a ________ slowly being filled with water."

3. Complete the sentence spoken by Adela in the play, "If you don't want to embroider them, then ______ just as they are."

4. What does Bernarda tell Poncia to bring out to the men who gave her money?

5. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "But they forget them when you put a plate of ______ in front of them".

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