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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following things does Martirio not tell Amelia is wrong with her in the middle of the night in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) She couldn't fall asleep.
(b) She heard someone in their yard.
(c) She heard yelling.
(d) Someone woke her up.

2. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "Yes, to fill my house with the ____ of their underskirts and their venomous tongues."
(a) Love.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Heat.
(d) Liquid.

3. Who says that it's better to never even look at a man and that she's been afraid of men since she was a girl?
(a) Amelia.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Adela.
(d) Magdalena.

4. What does Bernarda comment that she's being made to drink in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Water.
(b) Blood.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) The bitterest poison.

5. What reason does Bernarda give Angustias to wipe off her makeup?
(a) It looks bad.
(b) In memory of her father.
(c) She doesn't need it.
(d) It's in poor taste.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bernarda say she will not allow to happen to the house her father built?

2. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "With the ___ that opens all doors, and the hand that closes them."

3. Who slyly suggests that Adela plans on giving her body to Pepe?

4. Who tells how her husband came to her window and proposed by saying he wanted to touch her?

5. Where does Bernarda tell the servants to take her mother so she cannot be seen by the villagers?

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