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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the dress Adela changes into out of her mourning clothes?

2. What does Poncia say Angustias will be busy doing soon after she's married?

3. Who does Poncia say is a wonderful singer in Act 1, Part 1?

4. What is the person who is locked up in another room of the house said to be?

5. What does Adela give Bernarda that she throws to the side?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Poncia suggest that Adela wished to do with her body?

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

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

4. How does Angustias react when Bernarda tells her to patch things up with Martirio?

5. How does Bernarda's daughters react to her suggestion about what they should do during their eight years of mourning?

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

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

8. How does Angustias say Pepe proposed to her?

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

10. What does Magdalena suggest to Adela about Pepe in Act 1, Part 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One of the topics in the play is the daughters' desire to be married. Part 1.) What reasons do the daughters have for their opinions on marriage in the play? Part 2.) What reasons does Bernarda have for not wanting her daughters to ever be married? Part 3.) What role might marriage play in the actions of the daughters in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters Bernarda and Maria Josefa in the play. In what way has Maria Josefa tried to escape the ploys of Bernarda? In what way has Bernarda tried to mother others as Maria Josefa might have in the past?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of the family house in the play. What might the author be hoping for the house to represent in terms of freedom and imprisonment in the play? What role does the house play in the fate of those living in it?

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