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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mrs. Pontellier react when her husband comes home from Klein's?
(a) With great enthusiasm
(b) Surprised that he is home so early
(c) Angry that he is home so late
(d) With little interest

2. What does Edna throw at Robert?
(a) Her shoe
(b) A frying pan
(c) A pillow
(d) An orange she plucked from a tree

3. Who is Montel?
(a) A celebrity who vacations on the Grande Isle
(b) A servant at the Lebrun estate
(c) A friend of Edna's
(d) A man who is in love with Madame Lebrun

4. What has Robert done pretty much every summer at Grande Isle?
(a) He would devote himself to one married woman.
(b) He has written a novel.
(c) Gone fishing
(d) He has built a house.

5. Although they do not talk, what does the author say is happening between Robert and Edna?
(a) They are feeling the throbbings of desire.
(b) They are learning to be silent around each other.
(c) They are allowing anger to fester within themselves.
(d) They have a lot to say but cannot find the right words.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm?

2. And what does Leonce do when Edna asks him to come to bed?

3. What does Madame Ratignolle mean when she talks about her condition?

4. Does Mrs. Pontellier feel comfortable in the company of Creoles?

5. Who does Edna ask the little Negro girl to wake up?

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