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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 Cayetano react to Sierva's violent fit at the end of chapter four?
(a) He grows sad.
(b) He becomes sick.
(c) He becomes aroused.
(d) He grows angry.

2. How does Cayetano, in chapter three, force himself to focus on the preparations for the exorcism?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Calisthenics.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Self-flagellation.

3. What information does Cayetano give to the Bishop after the natural event of chapter four?
(a) He says that Sierva is manipulating everyone into believing she is possessed.
(b) He says that Sierva is not possessed.
(c) He says that Sierva is possessed.
(d) He says that Sierva is being abused.

4. In what state is Cayetano over Sierva during the Viceroy's visit?
(a) He is exhausted from trying to help her.
(b) He feels disgusted by her.
(c) He is obsessed with her.
(d) He despairs of her heresy.

5. In the Governor's dinner for the Viceroy, what is the entertainment?
(a) A nude Abyssinian woman.
(b) Sierva speaking in demonic voices.
(c) A nun playing the harp.
(d) Slaves singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. When she first meets the Abbess, how does Sierva behave?

2. Whom does Sierva befriend when she first comes to the convent?

3. When Sierva becomes friendlier to Cayetano, how does the priest react?

4. While visiting with the Bishop and Cayetano, what plans does the Viceroy bring up?

5. At the end of the chapter three, what is Cayetano reading in regards to Sierva?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sierva comforted by the slave women in the convent?

2. How does the Abbess treat Sierva in Cayetano's presence?

3. How does Martina help Sierva?

4. Why does the Vicereine take an interest in Sierva's fate?

5. Describe the convent.

6. Describe the centuries-old conflict between the convent and the Bishop.

7. What memory is brought back for Cayetano while writing love poems in Chapter 4?

8. Why does Bernarda run away from the mansion in Chapter 4?

9. What evidence does the Bishop present that argue for Sierva being possessed?

10. Why does Chapter 4 end with Cayetano whipping himself?

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