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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prudencia go to join in after hearing the bells ring at the church?

2. Who does Maria Josefa say is going to destroy all of the family in Act 3, Part 2?

3. What does Bernarda comment that she's being made to drink in Act 2, Part 2?

4. What does Adela grab and break in two in Act 3, Part 2?

5. Which of the following things does Martirio not tell Amelia is wrong with her in the middle of the night in Act 2, Part 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of hope in the play. What role does hope play in the lives of Bernarda's daughters? What might happen if the daughters' hope is taken away from them?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the concept of beauty in the play. Does beauty represent the normal attributes normally given to it in the play? What does beauty represent to the characters in the play? What reason does the author have for skewing the traditional aspects of beauty 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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