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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2 Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who goes out to get linen for the girls to start work on their hope chests?
(a) Adela.
(b) Angustias.
(c) Martirio.
(d) Amelia.

2. Which of the daughters does not run out to see Pepe when he arrives at the house in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Adela.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Amelia.

3. Who suggests that Adela give her dress to Angustias when she is married?
(a) Adela.
(b) Magdalena.
(c) Martirio.
(d) Poncia.

4. What does Adela say she is going into the village wearing the next day after the funeral?
(a) Her black veil.
(b) Her white shoes.
(c) Her green dress.
(d) Flowers in her hair.

5. What is the person who is locked up in another room of the house said to be?
(a) Old.
(b) Insane.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Sick.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bernarda's mother's name?

2. Complete this sentence spoken by the Servant in the play, "Floors, cupboards, pedestals, iron bed frames polished with oil, while those of us who live in huts of mud with only a spoon and a plate to our name have to swallow the bitter ______."

3. What does Bernarda meet with a lawyer about in the play?

4. What does Bernarda ask Poncia regarding the men on the patio in Act 1, Part 3?

5. What do the servants' complaints change to when Bernarda enters the room in Act 1, Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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