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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 Mrs. Pontellier overhear Madame Ratignolle relate to Monsieur Farival in great detail?
(a) Her interest in writing a novel
(b) Her intimate moments with her husband
(c) One of her accouchements, or, childbirths
(d) How to cook a chicken Creole style

2. What were some of the reasons Edna decided to marry Leonce Pontellier?
(a) Her father and sister were violently opposed to him.
(b) He was irresitibly handsome and charming.
(c) He was completely different from her father.
(d) He was wealthy beyond her imagination.

3. When Edna cannot find Mademoiselle Reisz, who does she go to for help?
(a) The Police
(b) Madame Lebrun
(c) Leonce
(d) Adele Ratignolle

4. What had Edna attempted to learn all summer?
(a) How to fish
(b) How to cook
(c) How to memorize poetry
(d) How to swim

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When talking to both Adele and Edna, Robert is jovial and jokes often. Is he this way when alone with Edna?

2. Why does Edna cry when she listens to Mademoiselle Reisz play the piano?

3. What is Madame Antoine cooking for dinner?

4. What has Robert done pretty much every summer at Grande Isle?

5. Edna gradually awakens, as if from a dream to feel:

(see the answer key)

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