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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. What noise is heard at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) A yell.
(b) A jingle bell.
(c) A siren.
(d) A church bell.

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

3. 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) Drink.
(b) Branch.
(c) Pill.
(d) Leaf.

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. What reason does Bernarda give Angustias to wipe off her makeup?
(a) In memory of her father.
(b) It's in poor taste.
(c) It looks bad.
(d) She doesn't need it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adela say is the worst possible time for her to be doing at this time of her life in Act 1, Part 3?

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

3. Which of the daughters says the real reason a young woman cannot leave her house is because she is afraid of Bernarda?

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

5. What does Bernarda tell the servants to do when she first enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?

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