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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the sentence by Poncia in the play, "But it's hard for people to go against their true ______."
(a) Desires.
(b) Personas.
(c) Nature.
(d) Feelings.

2. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "I never pry into anyone else's, but I want _______ kept up, and harmony inside the family."
(a) Deeds.
(b) Appearances.
(c) Morals.
(d) Reputations.

3. What do Poncia and the Servant say they feel is about to break in the house because of tension in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Danger.
(b) A flood.
(c) A thunderstorm.
(d) Chaos.

4. Which of the women does not go out to watch the reapers from an upstairs window?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Adela.
(d) Poncia.

5. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "Place a burning coal where her _____ lies."
(a) Heart.
(b) Mind.
(c) Soul.
(d) Sin.

6. In whose room is Pepe's picture found?
(a) Amelia's.
(b) Adela's.
(c) Magdalena's
(d) Martirio's.

7. Who does Bernarda say they will have to keep out of the house in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) Pepe.
(b) Adela.
(c) Poncia.
(d) Angustias.

8. Which of the following things does Martirio not tell Amelia is wrong with her in the middle of the night in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) She couldn't fall asleep.
(b) Someone woke her up.
(c) She heard yelling.
(d) She heard someone in their yard.

9. What does Amelia says is the worst possible thing that can happen?
(a) Be poor.
(b) Be born a woman.
(c) Never marry.
(d) Not have children.

10. What is the name of Bernarda's friend who joins them for dinner in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Maria Josefa.
(b) Prudencia.
(c) Joanne.
(d) Luanna.

11. What do the Servant and Poncia say all of Bernarda's daughters are that would cause their blood ties to be forgotten?
(a) Silly.
(b) Protective and angry.
(c) Happy and dumb.
(d) Angry and jealous.

12. What does a bell ringing summon the men to in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) To eat.
(b) To go home.
(c) To work in the fields.
(d) To meet women.

13. What does Bernarda demand of the person who stole Angustias picture of Pepe?
(a) Give it back.
(b) Speak up.
(c) Punish themselves.
(d) Apologize.

14. What news does the Servant bring in about something happening at the top of the street from the house?
(a) A huge crowd gathering.
(b) Pepe.
(c) A person being hanged.
(d) Adela running away.

15. What do the reapers sing a song about offstage regarding women?
(a) They carry off their hearts.
(b) They respect them.
(c) They are jealous of them.
(d) They love them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Angustias accuse of stealing her picture of Pepe?

2. Complete the sentence by Maria Josefa in the play, "This child will have white hair, and there will be another child and another and they will all have snow-white hair, and we will be like the _____ of the sea."

3. Who does Adela warn Bernarda to not listen to because she is lying in Act 2, Part 3?

4. What does Poncia hint to Bernarda that is going on in her family in Act 2, Part 3?

5. Why does Bernarda tell Poncia she didn't allow Martirio to marry a man that had been courting her in Act 2, Part 3?

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