The House of Bernarda Alba Quizzes

The House of Bernarda Alba Quiz 1

1 Where is the play set?
In Bernarda's house

In the patio

Outside Bernarda's house

In the church
2 What is the subtitle of the play?
A Play for Women

A Tragedy about Spain

A Drama about Women in the Village of Spain

A Spanish Play
3 How does Lorca describe his play?
A photographic document

A vicious tragedy

An elegiac poem

A Goya painting
4 What is the first sound heard in the play?
Bells

A human voice

A drum

A cry of pain
5 What is on the walls in the Act I room?
Pictures of landscapes and kings

Framed poems

Goya paintings

Nothing
6 Who is head maid in the household?
La Poncia

Bernarda Alba

Prudencia

Magdalena
7 What is the weather like in the play?
Cold

Hot

Lukewarm

Rainy
8 What does the weather symbolize in the play?
The impending sense of death

Cold repression

The tumult of betrayal

Sweltering sexuality
9 What are the servants doing at play's open?
Crying

Dancing

Cleaning

Stealing
10 What action first demonstrates the greed of the house?
The servant denying the Beggar Woman scraps

The servant's painting over the candlesticks

The servant's speech

The servant stealing Bernarda's jewelry
11 Who has died right before the action of the play begins?
Bernarda's husband

A village girl

One of Bernarda's daugthers

Bernarda's mother
12 Who cares least about the death at the beginning?
Angustias

The servant

Magdalena

Bernarda
13 Why does the servant mourn the death at the play's beginning?
She was seduced by the dead man

It will cost her money

She was treated kindly by the dead man

She was married to the dead man
14 How many daughters does Bernada have?
4

5

3

6
15 Who is with the Beggar Woman?
Nobody

Her daughter

Bernarda

La Poncia
16 How many women come onstage with Bernada?
None, just the daughters

10

200

20
17 Whose presence in the chuch is debated?
A beggar woman

Bernarda

Pepe el Romano

Angustias
18 Who fainted during the funeral?
Adela

La Poncia

Magdalena

Bernarda
19 What order from Bernarda does La Ponica resent most?
To spy on Pepe

To clean the house

To report on the daughters

To spy on neighbors
20 Where are the men during the mourning ceremony following the funeral?
In the fields

On the patio

At the church

In the house
21 What does Bernarda do before kicking the women out of her house?
A liturgy

A rant

A violent display

A forced silence
22 Which theatrical element is Lorca least interested in exploring?
Theme

Story

Atmosphere

Symbol
23 Which daughter is most willing to subsume herself to Bernarda's wishes?
Adela

Martirio

Amelia

Magdalena
24 What gift does Adela give that Bernarda refuses?
A fancy dress

A painting

A mourning shroud

A colorful fan
25 What does Bernarda want instead of the gift Adela offers?
A prayer

Soup

A simple dress

A black fan

What are 3 character traits of Poncia?

• wise

• resentful

• filled with hatred for Bernarda

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The House of Bernarda Alba

by Federico Garcia Lorca

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