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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. What is Bernarda returning home from at the beginning of the play?
(a) A funeral.
(b) Church.
(c) A wedding.
(d) Shopping.

2. What is the name of Bernarda's daughter who stops crying after the women go out in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Amelia.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Martirio.
(d) Adela.

3. What words do the two servants use to describe Bernarda before she returns home in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Tyrannical and demanding.
(b) Excited.
(c) Happy and cheerful.
(d) Sad and melancholy.

4. How does Angustias run into the room in Act 2, Part 2?
(a) Excited.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Goofy.
(d) Happily.

5. What does Poncia say about the woman and the men who abducted her?
(a) They were good people.
(b) They were morally sound.
(c) There were not from the village.
(d) They were sane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "In the paternoster his voice went up and up and up like a ________ slowly being filled with water."

2. What does Adela give Bernarda that she throws to the side?

3. What does Bernarda tell the servants to do when she first enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?

4. Who has just died at the beginning of the play?

5. Who does Poncia say is a wonderful singer in Act 1, Part 1?

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