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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many daughters does Bernarda have?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

3. What does the person who comes to the door in Act 1, Part 1, say they always get from the house?
(a) Jewels.
(b) Scraps from the table.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Money.

4. How does Adela seem when she comes into the room in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Happy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Unwell.
(d) Jealous.

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

6. Complete the sentence by Martirio in the play, "It is truly strange that two people that don't know each other would suddenly see each other at a window and become ________".
(a) Loving.
(b) Happy.
(c) Engaged.
(d) Intimate.

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

8. How does Angustias describe her proposal from Pepe?
(a) Very casual.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Special.

9. 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) Future.
(b) Money.
(c) Inheritance.
(d) Will.

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

11. 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."
(a) Cup.
(b) Bucket.
(c) Glass.
(d) Pitcher.

12. Who comes to the door after Poncia goes out in Act 1, Part 1?
(a) Pepe.
(b) A Beggar woman.
(c) Adela.
(d) A Servant.

13. Complete the sentence by Bernarda in the play, "You've told me that ________ times already, and I have chosen not to answer you."
(a) Several.
(b) Many.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

15. What does Bernarda suggest her daughters can do with their hope chests during their time of mourning?
(a) Embroider them.
(b) Carve them.
(c) Make them.
(d) Fill them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "Yes, to fill my house with the ____ of their underskirts and their venomous tongues."

2. What does Poncia say men find soon after becoming married?

3. Which of the daughters says the real reason a young woman cannot leave her house is because she is afraid of Bernarda?

4. What does Maria Josefa say that she wants to do near the end of Act 1, Part 3?

5. What does Adela complain about Martirio to Poncia in Act 2, Part 1?

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