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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 does Bernarda meet with a lawyer about in the play?
(a) Her husband's will.
(b) The deed to her house.
(c) Her inheritance.
(d) Her daughter's money.

2. What does Bernarda claim is the only reason the mourners came to her house after they had gone out?
(a) To snoop and criticize.
(b) To help out.
(c) To steal money.
(d) To offer sympathy.

3. What does the Servant say Bernarda's mother wished to do in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Eat.
(b) Get married.
(c) Die.
(d) Have a baby.

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

5. What is the name of Bernarda's daughter who stops crying after the women go out in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Adela.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bernarda tell the servants to take her mother so she cannot be seen by the villagers?

2. Who has just died at the beginning of the play?

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

4. What is the name of the person cleaning with a servant at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?

5. Which of the daughters does not run out to see Pepe when he arrives at the house in Act 1, Part 3?

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