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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Awakening, Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Robert often daydream?
(a) Finding a cure for his mother's illness.
(b) Finding a wife as pretty as Edna.
(c) Going to make his fortune in Mexico.
(d) Going to make a fortune in Australia.

2. What vision does Edna have of herself as a little girl?
(a) Being hit by a man in a carriage.
(b) Riding on the train.
(c) Walking in a field of tall grass.
(d) Falling into an icy pond.

3. What does Madame Ratignolle tell Edna when Edna returns?
(a) That a fresh catch of fish has just arrived.
(b) That Étienne is quite ill.
(c) That Étienne was naughty.
(d) That Léonce will be delayed getting back.

4. About what do Léonce Pontellier and Edna often argue?
(a) That she is not careful with her health.
(b) That she is working too hard.
(c) That she neglects the children.
(d) That she will not learn to speak Creole French.

5. What habit does Robert do every summer?
(a) Attaches himself to a different female guest.
(b) Goes to Canada to purchase new hunting guns.
(c) Goes into the Rockies hiking.
(d) Swims to the outer islands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adèle Ratignolle do that Edna would not be comfortable doing?

2. What does Edna do that terrifies her?

3. Who is Léonce Pontellier?

4. When does Mr. Pontellier arrive at the cottage after the swim?

5. What does Madame Ratignolle ask Robert to do?

(see the answer key)

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