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

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

3. Complete the sentence by Poncia in the play, "If she starts having children you'll be _____ day and night."
(a) Crying.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sewing.
(d) Lying.

4. Complete this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "In the paternoster his voice went up and up and up like a ________ slowly being filled with water."
(a) Pitcher.
(b) Bucket.
(c) Glass.
(d) Cup.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Bernarda give Angustias to wipe off her makeup?

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

3. What do the servants' complaints change to when Bernarda enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?

4. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "But they forget them when you put a plate of ______ in front of them".

5. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "Yes, to fill my house with the ____ of their underskirts and their venomous tongues."

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