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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Adela warn Bernarda to not listen to because she is lying in Act 2, Part 3?

2. Who does Bernarda tell Angustias to patch things up with in Act 3, Part 1?

3. What do the Servant and Poncia say Bernarda is being as they clean up in Act 3, Part 2?

4. What do the Servant and Poncia say all of Bernarda's daughters are that would cause their blood ties to be forgotten?

5. What does Poncia warn Bernarda that she can't keep her eye on in Act 3, Part 2?

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

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 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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