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

2. Who makes a pointed comment about Adela not sleeping well in Act 2, Part 1?

3. What does Maria Josefa ask Bernarda to give back of hers in Act 1, Part 3?

4. What is the name of Bernarda's daughter who stops crying after the women go out in Act 1, Part 2?

5. What does Maria Josefa say that she wants to do near the end of Act 1, Part 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bernarda suggest her daughters do during their eight years of mourning?

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

3. What is the nature of the song the reapers sing while in the field?

4. How does Adela react when Martirio suggests she didn't sleep well in Act 2, Part 1?

5. What happens when Bernarda tells Angustias to wipe off her makeup?

6. What happens when Adela gives Bernarda a brightly colored fan?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the concept of freedom in the play. What does freedom seem to represent to the characters in the play, namely Adela and Maria Josefa? What is hindering these characters from finding true freedom? What might the author be saying about the price freedom costs?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the concept of propriety that is represented in the play. What reasons does Bernarda have for insisting on keeping up such ancient traditions in her family? What might the author be saying about Bernarda based on her treatment of propriety in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the play, many characters, primarily Bernarda, show a great deal of violence towards the other characters. Part 1.) What motivations might Bernarda have for exhibiting such violence against her family members and servants in the play? Part 2.) What might the author hope for the violence in the play to be representative of? Part 3.) How might Bernarda be using her violence to gain control of in the play?

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