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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 Poncia say about the woman and the men who abducted her?
(a) They were good people.
(b) They were sane.
(c) They were morally sound.
(d) There were not from the village.

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

3. What words do the two servants use to describe Bernarda before she returns home in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Excited.
(b) Happy and cheerful.
(c) Tyrannical and demanding.
(d) Sad and melancholy.

4. Finish this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "The rest of them: lots of fine lace and linen camisoles, but nothing to their names but bread and ______".
(a) Cheese.
(b) Water.
(c) Wine.
(d) Liver.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the door after Poncia goes out in Act 1, Part 1?

2. What does the person who comes to the door in Act 1, Part 1, say they always get from the house?

3. Who suggests that Adela give her dress to Angustias when she is married?

4. What is the name of the daughter who talks about a young woman the family used to know that was sociable but isn't allowed anywhere now?

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

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