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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Bernarda spend her time after Judas's death?
(a) Racing horses.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Indulging in sex and drugs.
(d) Praying.

2. How does Bernarda know Ygnacio before they got married?
(a) Her father was the overseer to Ygnacio's family.
(b) She made dresses for his first wife.
(c) She held his business accounts.
(d) Ygnacio was her client.

3. Why does Sierva lie to the doctor?
(a) She picked it up from the slaves when they use it as a survival tactic.
(b) She does not want the doctor to know she was bitten badly.
(c) She does not want the doctor to know that she lied about the bite.
(d) She does not trust the doctor not to send her away.

4. Who is Judas Iscariote?
(a) The slave that raises Sierva.
(b) Dr. Abrenuncio's patient.
(c) Bernarda's former lover.
(d) Bernarda's brother.

5. What does the Bishop tell the Marquis about his daughter?
(a) She is possessed by demons.
(b) She is going to die.
(c) She is not mad, but undisciplined.
(d) She must be baptized.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occupation of the Marquis's father?

2. Because of the doctor's visits, what is beginning to change in Sierva and Ygnacio's relationship?

3. In what modern country is the next scene set?

4. What religion besides Christianity does Dominga follow?

5. What have the drugs done to Bernarda Cabrera?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Marquis give his daughter to the Holy Office?

2. What is the connection between the skull found in the crypts of the convent and the author's memories of a legend?

3. How does Sierva's relationship with her father improve in Chapter 2?

4. How does Bernarda force the Marquis into marriage?

5. How does Bernarda spend her time on the sugar plantation and in what condition does she return?

6. What happens to Sierva while in the marketplace?

7. Why does Olivia escape from the madhouse and what is the result?

8. Why does Ygnacio's father object to his son marrying Dulce Olivia?

9. How does the friendship between Ygnacio and Dr. Abrenuncio begin?

10. Why does Sierva lie to Dr. Abrenuncio?

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