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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Part 1.

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) Sweat.
(c) Liquid.
(d) Heat.

2. What does Bernarda suggest her daughters can do with their hope chests during their time of mourning?
(a) Make them.
(b) Fill them.
(c) Carve them.
(d) Embroider them.

3. What do Amelia, Magdalena, Martirio, and Angustias sit doing with Poncia at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Eating.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Painting.
(d) Drawing.

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) Silence.
(d) Laughter.

5. What noise is heard at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) A yell.
(b) A siren.
(c) A church bell.
(d) A jingle bell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bernarda tell the servants to do when she first enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?

3. Complete the sentence by Magdalena in the play, "If you're arguing about the ________, you are the richest one anyway, you can keep it all."

4. Which of the daughters says the real reason a young woman cannot leave her house is because she is afraid of Bernarda?

5. What do the bells announce the last of in the day in Act 1, Part 1?

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