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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bishop say the Marquis must do to save Sierva?

2. Who tells Ygnacio that Sierva is going mad?

3. What does the Bishop consider Dr. Abrenuncio?

4. What is strange about Dulce Olivia?

5. Where does the next scene of chapter one take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bernarda force the Marquis into marriage?

2. What treatments does Sierva receive in her father's effort to cure her "madness?"

3. Why does Sierva prefer to live in the slave quarters instead of the mansion?

4. Why does Sierva lie to Dr. Abrenuncio?

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

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

7. What happens to Sierva while in the marketplace?

8. How is rabies treated by the citizens of New Grenada from the first chapter?

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

10. Why must the convent not cut Sierva's hair?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Citing specific examples from the text and including a strong thesis statement, discuss the physical intimacy of Cayetano's relationship to Sierva, including the following:

- His fascination with her before their first meeting.

- Sierva's relationship to the Virgin Mary.

- Cayetano's self-flagellation.

- Cayetano's insistence that the girl remain a virgin until their marriage.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the paradox of Sierva being subjected to a torturous exorcism so that other characters may rid themselves of their own demons. Citing specific examples from the text, write an essay discussing one of the following:

- What is her family's role in her behavior and her subsequent imprisonment?

- The Bishop's perceived failure to keep everyone faithful to the church.

- The Abbess's extreme distaste for the citizens of New Grenada.

Essay Topic 3

Citing specific examples from the text and including a strong thesis statement, discuss the use of religion in this novel, including the following:

- Dr. Abrenuncio's relationship with the church and the Marquis

- Dominga's religions and the effects on Sierva Part

- The Abbess and the Bishop's relationship with each other.

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