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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mademoiselle Reisz say to Edna after her performance?
(a) It is the last time she will perform for anyone.
(b) She would have preferred playing the violin.
(c) Edna is the only one worth playing for.
(d) She should have chosen a different tune.

2. When talking to both Adele and Edna, Robert is jovial and jokes often. Is he this way when alone with Edna?
(a) The author gives few clues as to how he behaves when alone with Edna.
(b) No, he is not.
(c) It depends on whether her husband is in the room.
(d) Yes, he is.

3. Who does Edna ask the little Negro girl to wake up?
(a) Victor
(b) Adele
(c) Madame Lebrun
(d) Robert

4. What does opening up to Madame Ratignolle do for Edna?
(a) It makes her want to pack up and go home.
(b) It makes her realize her life is full.
(c) She wishes she had a psychiatrist to talk to.
(d) It muddles her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom.

5. According to Edna, her marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an:
(a) Act of rebellion
(b) Act of convenience
(c) Accident
(d) Amiable thing to do

Short Answer Questions

1. The Colonel is an expert at concocting:

2. How does Victor Lebrun describe Edna?

3. What effect does music generally have on Edna?

4. Who is Mademoiselle Reisz surprised to see at her doorstep?

5. Edna thinks her husband's bad humor is because of:

(see the answer key)

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