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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, "Yes, to fill my house with the ____ of their underskirts and their venomous tongues."
(a) Love.
(b) Liquid.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Heat.

2. What does Maria Josefa say that she wants to do near the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Die.
(b) Move.
(c) Have a baby.
(d) Marry.

3. What do Bernarda and Poncia come in discussing regarding Angustias in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) That she is going to inherit a lot of money.
(b) That she is ready to have kids.
(c) That Pepe is in love with her.
(d) That she is beautiful.

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

5. What does the Servant run out doing at the end of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Yelling.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Weeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes out to get linen for the girls to start work on their hope chests?

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

3. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "With the ___ that opens all doors, and the hand that closes them."

4. What color are the pitchers Poncia hands out in Act 1, Part 2?

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

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