The House of Bernarda Alba Quizzes

The House of Bernarda Alba Quiz 1

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

In Bernarda's house

In the church

In the patio
2 What is the subtitle of the play?
A Spanish Play

A Play for Women

A Drama about Women in the Village of Spain

A Tragedy about Spain
3 How does Lorca describe his play?
An elegiac poem

A photographic document

A vicious tragedy

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

A drum

A cry of pain

A human voice
5 What is on the walls in the Act I room?
Framed poems

Pictures of landscapes and kings

Nothing

Goya paintings
6 Who is head maid in the household?
Bernarda Alba

Prudencia

Magdalena

La Poncia
7 What is the weather like in the play?
Hot

Rainy

Cold

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

Cold repression

Sweltering sexuality

The tumult of betrayal
9 What are the servants doing at play's open?
Crying

Stealing

Dancing

Cleaning
10 What action first demonstrates the greed of the house?
The servant's painting over the candlesticks

The servant's speech

The servant stealing Bernarda's jewelry

The servant denying the Beggar Woman scraps
11 Who has died right before the action of the play begins?
One of Bernarda's daugthers

Bernarda's mother

A village girl

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

Angustias

The servant

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

She was married to the dead man

It will cost her money

She was treated kindly by the dead man
14 How many daughters does Bernada have?
5

6

3

4
15 Who is with the Beggar Woman?
Her daughter

La Poncia

Nobody

Bernarda
16 How many women come onstage with Bernada?
10

200

20

None, just the daughters
17 Whose presence in the chuch is debated?
Pepe el Romano

Bernarda

A beggar woman

Angustias
18 Who fainted during the funeral?
Magdalena

Bernarda

Adela

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

To report on the daughters

To spy on neighbors

To clean the house
20 Where are the men during the mourning ceremony following the funeral?
On the patio

In the house

At the church

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

A rant

A liturgy

A violent display
22 Which theatrical element is Lorca least interested in exploring?
Theme

Atmosphere

Symbol

Story
23 Which daughter is most willing to subsume herself to Bernarda's wishes?
Martirio

Magdalena

Adela

Amelia
24 What gift does Adela give that Bernarda refuses?
A colorful fan

A painting

A mourning shroud

A fancy dress
25 What does Bernarda want instead of the gift Adela offers?
A black fan

A prayer

Soup

A simple dress

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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