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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 is the rank of the nuns who abandon Sierva when she first arrives at the convent?
(a) Abesses.
(b) Prioresses.
(c) Novices.
(d) Postulates.

2. Whom does Sierva befriend when she first comes to the convent?
(a) The cook.
(b) The seamstress.
(c) The slave women.
(d) The novices from Africa.

3. What is the new Viceroy's name?
(a) Don Rodrigo de Buen Lozano.
(b) Don Roberto de Buen Lozagos.
(c) Don Roberto du Bueno.
(d) Don Pedro de Buen Lozano.

4. How does Cayetano react to the Abbess's attempted hysteria when he first meets Sierva?
(a) He sympathizes with the Abbess and turns all of his attention to her.
(b) He tells the nun to calm down and leave.
(c) He encourages the nun.
(d) He calms the nun down and makes her tea.

5. In chapter three, what causes Sierva to become violently hysterical?
(a) The nuns try to steal her necklaces.
(b) The Bishop attempts to perform an exorcism.
(c) The nuns try to cut her hair.
(d) The nuns try to clean her self-inflicted wounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural event opens chapter four?

2. What does Sierva predict during her first encounter with Cayetano?

3. What fictional character is associated with the book that Dr. Abrenuncio gives to Cayetano?

4. During her violent fit in chapter three, what does Sierva inadvertently destroy?

5. What does Cayetano tell Sierva in chapter four to comfort her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Vicereine take an interest in Sierva's fate?

2. What does the Bishop claim about maintaining faith to the Viceroy?

3. Describe Father Cayetano's character.

4. What is Father Cayetano's dream in chapter three?

5. How is the Viceroy introduced to Sierva and why?

6. What are Dr. Abrenuncio's views on the Holy Office and exorcisms?

7. What leads to Cayetano promising Sierva to free her in Chapter 4?

8. Why does Chapter 4 end with Cayetano whipping himself?

9. Why does Bernarda run away from the mansion in Chapter 4?

10. What memory is brought back for Cayetano while writing love poems in Chapter 4?

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