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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. Where does Bernarda tell the servants to take her mother so she cannot be seen by the villagers?
(a) The attic.
(b) The courtyard.
(c) The front porch.
(d) The basement.

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

3. Where does Poncia go to listen to the last prayers of the day?
(a) On the porch.
(b) In her room.
(c) The window.
(d) The door.

4. What do the servants' complaints change to when Bernarda enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Cries of sympathy.
(b) Wails of grief.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Silence.

5. Who has just died at the beginning of the play?
(a) Bernarda's grandmother.
(b) Bernarda's father.
(c) Bernarda's mother.
(d) Bernarda's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is said to be locked up in another room of the house in Act 1, Part 1?

2. What does Adela give Bernarda that she throws to the side?

3. What does Magdalena say that Angustias did just like her father in Act 1, Part 3?

4. What does Maria Josefa say that she wants to do near the end of Act 1, Part 3?

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

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