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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who says that her body is hers to do with what she chooses?
(a) Bernarda.
(b) Adela.
(c) Martirio.
(d) Poncia.

3. What does Poncia suggest Bernarda's family could have done after Bernarda says the men in the village are not good enough for her daughters?
(a) Traveled more.
(b) Moved.
(c) Settled.
(d) Looked harder.

4. Complete this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "On that day I will lock myself up in a room with her and _______ at her for an entire year."
(a) Stare.
(b) Look.
(c) Glare.
(d) Spit.

5. What part of the daughters' clothes does Bernarda say they cannot change in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Their headscarves.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their coats.
(d) Their dresses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Magdalena say that Angustias did just like her father in Act 1, Part 3?

3. What is Bernarda's mother's name?

4. Complete the sentence by Amelia in the play, "_________ is to blame, it makes life impossible".

5. At what time does Poncia reveal she was up and saw Pepe talking with Angustias at her window?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Poncia say women without men act even with family?

2. How is Adela's appearance described when she returns from the corral in Act 3, Part 2?

3. What does Poncia suggest that Adela wished to do with her body?

4. How does Bernarda react when Poncia tells her that her daughters are the right age to be married?

5. In what way does Angustias suggest Poncia is lying in Act 2, Part 3?

6. What is the nature of Poncia and Bernarda's conversation regarding taking drinks to the men on the patio?

7. How does Adela react when Martirio suggests she didn't sleep well in Act 2, Part 1?

8. Why does Poncia say the men on the patio gave her money in Act 1, Part 2?

9. Why is a large crowd gathering near Bernarda's house that the daughters watch in Act 2, Part 3?

10. What is the nature of Adela's description of the white stallion in Act 3, Part 1?

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