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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. When the Abbess drags Sierva away from the slave quarters in chapter three, how does Sierva react?

2. What natural event opens chapter four?

3. What kind of jewelry is Sierva wearing when she arrives at the convent?

4. When Cayetano first meets Sierva, how is the girl being restrained?

5. In the Viceroy's painting, what is surrounding Sierva?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Cayetano begin to feel about Sierva at the end of Chapter 3?

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

6. How is the Viceroy introduced to Sierva and why?

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

8. What happens to Cayetano during the eclipse?

9. What are Dr. Abrenuncio's views on the Holy Office and exorcisms?

10. Describe the convent.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Citing specific examples from the text, write an essay discussing one of the following:

- The symbolism of Sierva's hair.

- Father Aquino as a martyr.

- Father Cayetano's work with the lepers and his personal wish to contract leprosy.

Essay Topic 2

Citing specific examples from the text, write an essay discussing one of the following:

- The implications and symbolism of the Bishop's asthma.

- Bernarda's rape of the Marquis in order to conceive Sierva.

- Ygnacio's first wife being struck by lightning.

Essay Topic 3

Citing specific examples from the text, write an essay discussing one of the following:

- The purpose in naming a character Judas Iscariote.

- The lepers as a symbol of the decay of the church.

- Father Aquino's mysterious death.

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