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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reason does Bernarda give Angustias to wipe off her makeup?
(a) It looks bad.
(b) It's in poor taste.
(c) In memory of her father.
(d) She doesn't need it.

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

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

5. What is Poncia's comment regarding Bernarda's daughters when Bernarda comments on Angustias' flirting?
(a) That they are the right age to be married.
(b) That they want to have husbands.
(c) That they are pretty.
(d) That they still have time to have children.

6. Who do Amelia, Magdalena, Martirio, and Angustias talk about at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Poncia.
(b) Maria Josefa.
(c) Bernarda.
(d) Adela.

7. What does Bernarda ask Poncia regarding the men on the patio in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) If they are single.
(b) What they were talking about.
(c) If they are married.
(d) If they are interested in her daughters.

8. What does Poncia come in with as the women mourners go out in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Empty glasses.
(b) An animal.
(c) A bag of money.
(d) Platters of food.

9. What does Poncia make a pointed comment about regarding what the lace could be used for?
(a) Baby's clothes.
(b) Bed linens.
(c) Underwear.
(d) A dress.

10. Where does Bernarda tell the servants to take her mother so she cannot be seen by the villagers?
(a) The basement.
(b) The front porch.
(c) The attic.
(d) The courtyard.

11. What does Adela say she is going into the village wearing the next day after the funeral?
(a) Her black veil.
(b) Flowers in her hair.
(c) Her green dress.
(d) Her white shoes.

12. How many years does Poncia say she has worked for Bernarda?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

13. During Bernarda's conversation with the mourners, what does she tell her daughters not to do?
(a) Talk.
(b) Cry.
(c) Yell.
(d) Laugh.

14. What does Bernarda tell the servants to do when she first enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Make drinks.
(b) Make dinner.
(c) Clean up.
(d) Be quiet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Servant say Bernarda's mother is all dressed in near the end of Act 1, Part 2?

2. 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 ______."

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

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

5. Complete the sentence by Martirio in the play, "It is truly strange that two people that don't know each other would suddenly see each other at a window and become ________".

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