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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 say the women in the house's hearts will turn to near the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Dust.
(b) Ash.
(c) Stone.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

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

5. What does Bernarda meet with a lawyer about in the play?
(a) Her husband's will.
(b) Her daughter's money.
(c) The deed to her house.
(d) Her inheritance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adela say she is going into the village wearing the next day after the funeral?

2. What do the servants' complaints change to when Bernarda enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?

3. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "Yes, to fill my house with the ____ of their underskirts and their venomous tongues."

4. Finish this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "The rest of them: lots of fine lace and linen camisoles, but nothing to their names but bread and ______".

5. Complete the sentence by Adela in the play, "Sometimes she looks into my room to see if I'm ________."

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Martirio say is wrong when Amelia asks her in Act 2, Part 2?

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

8. What does Martirio say about a man she once liked in Act 1, Part 3?

9. What does Bernarda say must happen right away when talking to Poncia at the beginning of Act 2, Part 3?

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

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