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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have the drugs done to Bernarda Cabrera?
(a) She is sick and bloated.
(b) She has cancer.
(c) She has rabies.
(d) She has lost most of her body fat and looks sickly.

2. What is the Bishop afflicted with?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Kidney problems.
(d) Asthma.

3. What action takes place that has the Bishop stepping in to check on Sierva?
(a) Sierva attempts suicide.
(b) Sierva tries to run away and goes to the church for help.
(c) Sagunta, in an attempt to cure Sierva, ends up rolling around naked with the girl while covered in grease.
(d) Sagunta tries to replace all of Sierva's "tainted" blood.

4. How does Judas die?
(a) Drowns.
(b) Beaten to death in a bar fight.
(c) Drug overdose.
(d) Murdered for his drugs.

5. How does Bernarda bring back the Marquis's wealth?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Smart business tactics.
(c) Trading and fraud.
(d) Selling slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Ygnacio marry when he returns to his father's house?

2. What does Ygnacio refuse to do with his wife?

3. Where does Bernarda go after Judas's death?

4. What is happening to the crypts at Santa Clara at the beginning of the novel?

5. What is Don Ygnacio's title?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why must the convent not cut Sierva's hair?

2. How does Ygnacio's first wife deal with her husband?

3. Why does the Marquis give his daughter to the Holy Office?

4. What sort of man does Don Ygnacio appear to be in Chapter 1?

5. What treatments does Sierva receive in her father's effort to cure her "madness?"

6. How does the friendship between Ygnacio and Dr. Abrenuncio begin?

7. What condition does the beginning of the book find Bernarda in and why?

8. Why does Sierva have a strong affinity for the African culture?

9. How does Sierva's relationship with her father improve in Chapter 2?

10. How is rabies treated by the citizens of New Grenada from the first chapter?

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