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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of woman does Edna tell Alcée she is?
(a) A whore.
(b) A little girl inside a grown woman.
(c) She does not know.
(d) She does not bring up the subject with Alcée.

2. What does Dr. Mandelet say he will do?
(a) Examine Edna.
(b) Prescribe some pills.
(c) Come to dinner to observe Edna.
(d) Talk to Edna's maid.

3. Who stays behind after the dinner party?
(a) Victor.
(b) Robert.
(c) Alcée.
(d) Dr. Mandelet.

4. What does Edna say to Robert about Léonce setting her free to marry Robert?
(a) That Léonce does not own her.
(b) That Léonce will make certain she never sees her children again.
(c) That Léonce will be happy to set her free.
(d) That Léonce has his affairs also.

5. Whose picture did Edna keep when she is a child?
(a) Her brother's best friend.
(b) A famous playwright.
(c) A famous actor.
(d) One she paints of a boy next door.

6. What does Dr. Mandelet ask about Edna?
(a) If she has tried to kill herself.
(b) If she could be having an affair.
(c) If she could be pregnant.
(d) If she has been associating with women who want equal rights.

7. What does Léonce Pontellier send Edna after he returns to the city?
(a) Divorce papers.
(b) A gift.
(c) Money.
(d) A letter with a poem.

8. What does Edna find when she gets home?
(a) Her son who is quite ill.
(b) Her husband who is in a rage.
(c) A note from Robert saying he had to go.
(d) A note from Robert telling her where to meet him.

9. How does the character seem?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Agitated.
(c) Angry.
(d) Content.

10. What explanation does Edna give Robert for having a photo of Alcée in her house?
(a) She is having an affair with him.
(b) She offers no explanation.
(c) She likes his face.
(d) She is sketching him.

11. What does Mr. Pontellier want?
(a) Edna to stay with the children in their room for the night.
(b) Edna to go to bed with him.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Edna to go back to the city with him.

12. What does Madame Ratignolle tell Edna to remember?
(a) Her soul.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her honor.
(d) Her children.

13. What depresses Edna when she visits Madam Ratignolle?
(a) Seeing how happy Madam Ratignolle's children are.
(b) Nothing; her visits with Madam Ratignolle always cheer her.
(c) Seeing Madam Ratignolle happy with her husband.
(d) Getting out and seeing women moving freely on the streets.

14. Where does Léonce think Edna spends too much time?
(a) Shopping.
(b) With the children instead of letting the nanny care for them.
(c) In bed.
(d) In her art studio.

15. When does Mr. Pontellier arrive at the cottage after the swim?
(a) Around 11.
(b) By light the next morning.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) With Edna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Robert say Edna is cruel?

2. Though Edna has fallen from her high position in society, what does she feel has improved?

3. What is the opening setting for the novelette The Awakening?

4. What does the character keep doing?

5. Where does the character crouch?

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