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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes to the door after Poncia goes out in Act 1, Part 1?

2. What does Bernarda suggest her daughters can do with their hope chests during their time of mourning?

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

4. What does the Servant say Bernarda's mother is all dressed in near the end of Act 1, Part 2?

5. What do Martirio and Amelia show Adela that is for Angustias in Act 2, Part 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Adela gives Bernarda a brightly colored fan?

2. What does Bernarda tell her daughters when they begin arguing in Act 2, Part 2?

3. What does Poncia suggest that Adela wished to do with her body?

4. Why does Poncia say the men on the patio gave her money in Act 1, Part 2?

5. What is the nature of the song the reapers sing while in the field?

6. What does Magdalena say about a man named Pepe in regards to Angustias?

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

8. What are Poncia and a Servant doing at the beginning of the play?

9. Why is a large crowd gathering near Bernarda's house that the daughters watch in Act 2, Part 3?

10. How does Bernarda respond when Poncia suggests something dangerous was happening in her home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of sex in the play. What is the author saying about the importance and danger that come with sex? What does sex represent to the daughters in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the concept of beauty in the play. Does beauty represent the normal attributes normally given to it in the play? What does beauty represent to the characters in the play? What reason does the author have for skewing the traditional aspects of beauty in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's setting up the exposition and background of the characters in the first act of the play. What is significant about using the servants to convey information about the play's characters? What reason does the author have for giving so much information about the characters so quickly?

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