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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Magdalena.
(c) Amelia.
(d) Adela.

3. What does Poncia make a pointed comment about regarding what the lace could be used for?
(a) Baby's clothes.
(b) A dress.
(c) Bed linens.
(d) Underwear.

4. 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) Happy.
(b) Engaged.
(c) Loving.
(d) Intimate.

5. What does Maria Josefa say the women in the house's hearts will turn to near the end of Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Stone.
(c) Dust.
(d) Ash.

6. What reason does Bernarda give Angustias to wipe off her makeup?
(a) In memory of her father.
(b) She doesn't need it.
(c) It looks bad.
(d) It's in poor taste.

7. Who makes a pointed comment about Adela not sleeping well in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Martirio.
(b) Angustias.
(c) Poncia.
(d) Magdalena.

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

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

10. How many years does Bernarda say she and her family will have to be in mourning?
(a) Six months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Eight years.
(d) One year.

11. How does Poncia say she saw Adela sitting at her window the night before in Act 2, Part 1?
(a) Smiling.
(b) Naked.
(c) In her nightgown.
(d) Crying.

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

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

14. In what way does Bernarda tell Poncia to have the men leave the house?
(a) As soon as possible.
(b) The way they came in.
(c) Later on in the night.
(d) Carefully.

15. Complete the sentence spoken by Bernarda in the play, "With the ___ that opens all doors, and the hand that closes them."
(a) Hand.
(b) Key.
(c) Heart.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Bernarda's conversation with the mourners, what does she tell her daughters not to do?

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. Who does the servant tell Bernarda was looking at the men on the patio?

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

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

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