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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 reason does Bernarda give Angustias to wipe off her makeup?
(a) It looks bad.
(b) In memory of her father.
(c) It's in poor taste.
(d) She doesn't need it.

2. What does Adela say she would do to put out the fire she feels?
(a) Whatever Pepe asks.
(b) Anything.
(c) Kill.
(d) Whatever she can do.

3. What is the name of the person cleaning with a servant at the beginning of Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Poncia.
(c) Adela.
(d) Bernarda.

4. What is the name of Bernarda's oldest daughter?
(a) Angustias.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Martirio.

5. What do the servants' complaints change to when Bernarda enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Wails of grief.
(c) Silence.
(d) Cries of sympathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does Poncia say she has worked for Bernarda?

2. Complete the sentence by Poncia in the play, "Cling to that ______, and forget him."

3. What does the Servant say Bernarda's mother is all dressed in near the end of Act 1, Part 2?

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

5. How does Adela seem when she comes into the room in Act 2, Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Servant respond to the Beggar Woman who visits Bernarda's house?

2. How does Bernarda respond when Poncia suggests something dangerous was happening in her home?

3. What does Poncia say about Bernarda's daughters at the beginning of the play?

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

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

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

7. What did Poncia see when up at 1:30 in the morning?

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

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

10. What is the nature of the family's conversation with Prudencia?

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