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

2. How does the Abbess feel about the South American aristocrats?
(a) She believes they are trying to do good but failing.
(b) She mocks them.
(c) She respects them.
(d) She finds them to heretical.

3. About how many nuns reside in the convent?
(a) 120.
(b) 50.
(c) 15.
(d) 400.

4. How the Viceroy and his wife changed Sierva's cell?
(a) They made it look nicer and more comfortable.
(b) They added flowers.
(c) They added more restraints to hold her down.
(d) They have arranged for her to have a single cell.

5. What does Sierva predict during her first encounter with Cayetano?
(a) She will die soon.
(b) The Bishop will take her away.
(c) She will be released soon.
(d) She will never be free again.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Cayetano is sent to see Sierva in chapter four, how is she dressed?

2. How does Cayetano react to Sierva's violent fit at the end of chapter four?

3. What fictional character is associated with the book that Dr. Abrenuncio gives to Cayetano?

4. At the very end of chapter three, what sort of complaint does Cayetano lodge on Sierva's behalf?

5. In their meeting, over what issue do the Bishop and Viceroy clash?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Father Cayetano's dream in chapter three?

2. How does Cayetano gain Sierva's trust?

3. What happens around Sierva that the nuns take as signs that she is the center of evil?

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

5. What is significant about the book Cayetano speaks of to Dr. Abrenuncio?

6. What does the Bishop claim about maintaining faith to the Viceroy?

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

8. What leads to Cayetano promising Sierva to free her in Chapter 4?

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

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

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