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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 does Poncia say men find soon after becoming married?
(a) Better things to do.
(b) Other interests.
(c) Another woman.
(d) Hobbies.

2. What does a woman who was abducted from her home return the following morning with, according to the story in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Loose hair and flowers.
(b) With no clothes on.
(c) With flowers in her hair.
(d) With pants on.

3. What is the name of the person cleaning with a servant at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Bernarda.
(b) Adela.
(c) Martirio.
(d) Poncia.

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

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) Drink.
(d) Leaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that it's better to never even look at a man and that she's been afraid of men since she was a girl?

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

3. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "You've told me that ________ times already, and I have chosen not to answer you."

4. Where does Poncia go to listen to the last prayers of the day?

5. What is the name of Bernarda's oldest daughter?

(see the answer key)

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