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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1 Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following do Bernarda and the mourners not make small talk about in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) The heat.
(b) The servants.
(c) The men working in the fields.
(d) Bernarda's late husband.

2. Who is said to be locked up in another room of the house in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Bernarda's mother.
(b) Adela.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Martirio.

3. What color is the dress Adela changes into out of her mourning clothes?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Blue.

4. What do the bells announce the last of in the day in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Meal.
(b) Church services.
(c) Parades.
(d) Prayers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the sentence spoken by Adela in the play, "If you don't want to embroider them, then ______ just as they are."

2. What does Bernarda claim is the only reason the mourners came to her house after they had gone out?

3. Where does Bernarda tell Poncia to take drinks to the men who are at her house mourning?

4. What is the name of Bernarda's daughter who stops crying after the women go out in Act 1, Part 2?

5. How many years does Poncia say she has worked for Bernarda?

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