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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. Complete the sentence spoken by Adela in the play, "If you don't want to embroider them, then ______ just as they are."
(a) Throw.
(b) Leave.
(c) Kill.
(d) Destroy.

2. What does Poncia say Angustias will be busy doing soon after she's married?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Taking care of her husband.
(d) Running after children.

3. What does Poncia come in with as the women mourners go out in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) An animal.
(b) Empty glasses.
(c) Platters of food.
(d) A bag of money.

4. What does Maria Josefa say that she wants to do near the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Die.
(b) Marry.
(c) Move.
(d) Have a baby.

5. Complete the sentence by Amelia in the play, "_________ is to blame, it makes life impossible".
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many daughters does Bernarda have?

2. Where does Poncia go to listen to the last prayers of the day?

3. What does Bernarda tell the servants to do when she first enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?

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

5. What does Bernarda order Poncia to bring her and the mourners at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Bernarda's mother described the first time she is seen in the play?

2. In what way does Bernarda tell Poncia to have the men leave and why in Act 1, Part 2?

3. What does Poncia say regarding Bernarda's mother in Act 1, Part 1?

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

5. What do the sisters say they wish for when watching the reapers in the field?

6. What happens when Adela says she needs to go for a walk in Act 3, Part 1?

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

8. What reason does Bernarda give to explain why Martirio had possession of Pepe's picture?

9. How does Poncia suggest they could use the lace?

10. What is the nature of the song the reapers sing while in the field?

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