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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1 Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "But they forget them when you put a plate of ______ in front of them".
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Chickpeas.
(c) Pasta.
(d) Fruit.

2. What does Poncia suggest Bernarda's family could have done after Bernarda says the men in the village are not good enough for her daughters?
(a) Settled.
(b) Looked harder.
(c) Traveled more.
(d) Moved.

3. What does Bernarda tell her daughters that she will do as long as she's alive in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Be married.
(b) Have children.
(c) Have her fun.
(d) Run the house.

4. What does Bernarda tell the servants to do when she first enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Make drinks.
(b) Be quiet.
(c) Make dinner.
(d) Clean up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does Bernarda say she and her family will have to be in mourning?

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

3. In what way does Bernarda tell Poncia to have the men leave the house?

4. Where does Bernarda tell Poncia to take drinks to the men who are at her house mourning?

5. What does a woman who was abducted from her home return the following morning with, according to the story in Act 1, Part 3?

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