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

2. Who suggests that Adela give her dress to Angustias when she is married?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Adela.
(d) Poncia.

3. Who does the Servant say she is glad will never force her to have sex with him?
(a) Bernarda's late husband.
(b) Bernarda's brother.
(c) Bernarda's father.
(d) Pepe.

4. What do the bells announce the last of in the day in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Church services.
(b) Parades.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Meal.

5. Who are the only ones not to go out after the Servant comes in saying Bernarda wants to see her daughters in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Adela and Martirio.
(b) Amelia and Magdalena.
(c) Adela and Poncia.
(d) Magdalena and Amelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Bernarda and Poncia come in discussing regarding Angustias in Act 1, Part 3?

2. What does the Servant run out doing at the end of Act 1, Part 1?

3. What does Bernarda claim is the only reason the mourners came to her house after they had gone out?

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

5. What does Bernarda meet with a lawyer about in the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bernarda do to make the Servant cry at the end of Act 1, Part 1?

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

3. What does Bernarda suggest her daughters do during their eight years of mourning?

4. What does Adela say about mourning in Act 1, Part 3?

5. What are Poncia and a Servant doing at the beginning of the play?

6. What does Bernarda tell her daughters when they begin arguing in Act 2, Part 2?

7. What does Adela complain to Poncia about Martirio in Act 2, Part 1?

8. What does Magdalena say about a man named Pepe in regards to Angustias?

9. What do Bernarda and the mourners make small talk about at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?

10. What does the Servant say about Bernarda's late husband in Act 1, Part 1?

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