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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. At what time does Poncia reveal she was up and saw Pepe talking with Angustias at her window?

2. What do Amelia, Magdalena, Martirio, and Angustias sit doing with Poncia at the beginning of Act 2, Part 1?

3. Where does Poncia go to listen to the last prayers of the day?

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

5. Complete the sentence spoken by Adela in the play, "If you don't want to embroider them, then ______ just as they are."

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Poncia suggest they could use the lace?

2. What does Poncia tell Bernarda that Angustias overheard from the men on the porch?

3. What does the Servant say about Bernarda's late husband in Act 1, Part 1?

4. What does Bernarda suggest her daughters do during their eight years of mourning?

5. How is Angustias' engagement ring described?

6. In what way does Angustias suggest Poncia is lying in Act 2, Part 3?

7. What is the nature of Adela's discussion with Martirio about being Pepe's mistress?

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

9. What happens to Martirio when she is caught with Pepe's picture?

10. What does Poncia say women must deal with after they are married?

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

In the entire play, the central theme is the use and manipulation of control. Part 1.) What reasons does Bernarda have for wanting such control over her daughters in the play? Part 2.) What might the author hope for such control to be representative of in terms of explaining the nature of the play's characters? Part 3.) What might the author want control to represent regarding the fate of the daughters in the play?

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