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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Complete the sentence by Magdalena in the play, "If you're arguing about the ________, you are the richest one anyway, you can keep it all."
(a) Will.
(b) Inheritance.
(c) Money.
(d) Future.

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 ______."
(a) Branch.
(b) Leaf.
(c) Pill.
(d) Drink.

3. At what time does Poncia reveal she was up and saw Pepe talking with Angustias at her window?
(a) 2:00 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 3:00 a.m.
(d) 1:30 a.m.

4. What does Bernarda order Poncia to bring her and the mourners at the beginning of Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Tea.
(d) Water.

5. What does Bernarda tell her daughters that she will do as long as she's alive in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Run the house.
(b) Be married.
(c) Have children.
(d) Have her fun.

6. What is the name of the daughter who talks about a young woman the family used to know that was sociable but isn't allowed anywhere now?
(a) Adela.
(b) Martirio.
(c) Magdalena.
(d) Amelia.

7. What does Maria Josefa ask Bernarda to give back of hers in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Her lace veil.
(b) Her picture.
(c) Her string of pearls.
(d) Her black dress.

8. 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) Martirio.
(b) Amelia.
(c) Adela.
(d) Magdalena.

9. Where does Bernarda tell the servants to take her mother so she cannot be seen by the villagers?
(a) The front porch.
(b) The attic.
(c) The basement.
(d) The courtyard.

10. What does Adela complain about Martirio to Poncia in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) He is annoying.
(b) He is worrisome.
(c) He is irritating.
(d) He is suspicious.

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

12. What part of the daughters' clothes does Bernarda say they cannot change in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Their coats.
(b) Their shoes.
(c) Their headscarves.
(d) Their dresses.

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

14. Who has just died at the beginning of the play?
(a) Bernarda's father.
(b) Bernarda's mother.
(c) Bernarda's grandmother.
(d) Bernarda's husband.

15. Complete this sentence spoken by Poncia in the play, "On that day I will lock myself up in a room with her and _______ at her for an entire year."
(a) Glare.
(b) Stare.
(c) Spit.
(d) Look.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Poncia say about the woman and the men who abducted her?

2. What is Bernarda returning home from at the beginning of the play?

3. What do the bells announce the last of in the day in Act 1, Part 1?

4. What color are the pitchers Poncia hands out in Act 1, Part 2?

5. How many years does Bernarda say she and her family will have to be in mourning?

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