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

2. Who comes to the door after Poncia goes out in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Pepe.
(b) A Servant.
(c) Adela.
(d) A Beggar woman.

3. Complete the sentence by Adela in the play, "Sometimes she looks into my room to see if I'm ________."
(a) Awake.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Alive.
(d) Alone.

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

5. What is Bernarda's mother's name?
(a) Magdalena.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Maria-Josefa.
(d) Adela.

Short Answer 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?

2. What does Poncia tell Adela will probably happen to Angustias soon after she marries Pepe that will allow her to marry him?

3. 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?

4. What does Bernarda tell her daughters that she will do as long as she's alive in Act 1, Part 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Poncia find when Bernarda has her search all of her daughters' rooms?

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

5. What happens to Martirio when she is caught with Pepe's picture?

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

7. What does Poncia say women must deal with after they are married?

8. What does Poncia tell Bernarda that Angustias overheard from the men on the porch?

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

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

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