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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. At what time does Poncia reveal she was up and saw Pepe talking with Angustias at her window?

2. What does the Servant say Bernarda's mother wished to do in Act 1, Part 2?

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

5. Which of the daughters does not run out to see Pepe when he arrives at the house in Act 1, Part 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bernarda react when Poncia tells her that her daughters are the right age to be married?

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

4. Why does Poncia say the men on the patio gave her money in Act 1, Part 2?

5. How does Angustias say Pepe proposed to her?

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

7. What does Bernarda say she will be doing after her daughters argue about what time Pepe has been leaving their house?

8. What does Poncia do to Adela's bedroom door at the end of the play?

9. Why does Angustias run into the room angrily in Act 2, Part 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character Bernarda is perhaps one of the most complex and intriguing presences in the play. Part 1.) What is the nature of Bernarda? Part 2.) What seems to be Bernarda's motivations for enacting such control over the people in her life? Part 3.) What trials might Bernarda be dealing with to account for her being so tyrannical over those living in her household.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's portrayal of social class in the play. What might the author be saying by showing Bernarda's insistence that her family has a higher social class than the other villagers? What might the author want social class to represent in the play?

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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