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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. Finish this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "The rest of them: lots of fine lace and linen camisoles, but nothing to their names but bread and ______".
(a) Water.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Liver.
(d) Wine.

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

3. How many daughters does Bernarda have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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) Martirio.
(d) Adela.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What words do the two servants use to describe Bernarda before she returns home in Act 1, Part 1?

2. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "Yes, to fill my house with the ____ of their underskirts and their venomous tongues."

3. What does the person who comes to the door in Act 1, Part 1, say they always get from the house?

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 ______."

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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