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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Bernarda's daughter who stops crying after the women go out in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Adela.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Amelia.

2. Complete the sentence by Adela in the play, "Sometimes she looks into my room to see if I'm ________."
(a) Alive.
(b) Awake.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Alone.

3. What time did Poncia say she actually heard Pepe leave the house in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) 5:00 a.m.
(b) 3:30 a.m.
(c) 2:00 a.m.
(d) 4:00 a.m.

4. What do Martirio and Amelia show Adela that is for Angustias in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Lace.
(c) Velvet.
(d) Silk.

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 ________".
(a) Intimate.
(b) Engaged.
(c) Happy.
(d) Loving.

6. What does Martirio say is one of the few good things she has left in her life?
(a) Love.
(b) Nice underwear.
(c) Good linens.
(d) Books.

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

8. What does Adela say is the worst possible time for her to be doing at this time of her life in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Be in mourning.
(b) Have a baby.
(c) Go out of town.
(d) Be in love.

9. What does Bernarda tell her daughters that she will do as long as she's alive in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Have children.
(b) Be married.
(c) Have her fun.
(d) Run the house.

10. 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) Leaf.
(b) Pill.
(c) Branch.
(d) Drink.

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

12. Who does the servant tell Bernarda was looking at the men on the patio?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Adela.
(c) Angustias.
(d) Amelia.

13. What does Maria Josefa ask Bernarda to give back of hers in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Her picture.
(b) Her lace veil.
(c) Her black dress.
(d) Her string of pearls.

14. What is Bernarda's mother's name?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Maria-Josefa.
(c) Adela.
(d) Amelia.

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

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. What is Bernarda returning home from at the beginning of the play?

3. What is Poncia's comment regarding Bernarda's daughters when Bernarda comments on Angustias' flirting?

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

5. What does Poncia say Angustias will be busy doing soon after she's married?

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