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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 jingle bell.
(b) A siren.
(c) A yell.
(d) A church bell.

2. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "You've told me that ________ times already, and I have chosen not to answer you."
(a) Many.
(b) Five.
(c) Several.
(d) Three.

3. Who does the servant tell Bernarda was looking at the men on the patio?
(a) Angustias.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Adela.
(d) Martirio.

4. What does Poncia come in with as the women mourners go out in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Platters of food.
(b) An animal.
(c) A bag of money.
(d) Empty glasses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do Bernarda and the mourners not make small talk about in Act 1, Part 2?

2. What does Bernarda tell her daughters that she will do as long as she's alive in Act 1, Part 3?

3. What does Maria Josefa ask Bernarda to give back of hers in Act 1, Part 3?

4. What does Maria Josefa say the women in the house's hearts will turn to near the end of Act 1, Part 3?

5. What does Bernarda claim is the only reason the mourners came to her house after they had gone out?

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