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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 Bernarda in the play, "May you be cut to _______, you little good-for-nothing."
(a) Pieces.
(b) Chunks.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Bits.

2. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "And if she doesn't forget it, the ____ it will be for her."
(a) Good.
(b) Love.
(c) Worse.
(d) Hate.

3. What does Martirio tell Adela she will do before she lets her have Pepe?
(a) Punish her.
(b) Die.
(c) Tell on her.
(d) Kill her.

4. What does Adela say the white stallion in the corral is filling in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) All the darkness.
(b) The joy.
(c) The love.
(d) The hatred.

5. What does a woman come and do for the men working in the fields?
(a) Sing and dance.
(b) Women.
(c) Intimacy.
(d) Food.

6. What does Bernarda see that Adela has done when she bursts into her room in Act 3, Part 2?
(a) Hung herself.
(b) Ran away.
(c) Shot herself.
(d) Drank poison.

7. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "I always knew you were women who couldn't wait to _____ themselves at the windows, and break your mourning."
(a) Have.
(b) Display.
(c) Be.
(d) Showcase.

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 heard someone in their yard.
(b) She couldn't fall asleep.
(c) Someone woke her up.
(d) She heard yelling.

9. At what time does Poncia tell Bernarda that Pepe was at their house the night before?
(a) 2:00 a.m.
(b) 1:30 a.m.
(c) 4:30 a.m.
(d) 3:00 a.m.

10. What does Bernarda comment that she's being made to drink in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Water.
(b) The bitterest poison.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Blood.

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

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

13. What does Adela says she needs to do when she gets up from the dinner table in Act 3, Part 1?
(a) Ride the horse.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Wash dishes.
(d) Go for a walk.

14. What does Poncia reveal that a woman from the village had done in Act 2, Part 3?
(a) Killed her child.
(b) Ran away.
(c) Killed her husband.
(d) Stole from a store.

15. What type of stones does Angustias' engagement ring have on it?
(a) Pearls.
(b) Rubies.
(c) Emeralds.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Servant and Poncia say Bernarda is being as they clean up in Act 3, Part 2?

2. Who does Poncia tell Bernarda that Pepe truly loves?

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

4. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "Place a burning coal where her _____ lies."

5. What does Adela do before shouting that the woman at the top of the hill should be freed?

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