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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe Edna's feelings for her own children?
(a) She is fond of them in an uneven, impulsive way.
(b) She is fond of them because the law says she should be.
(c) She adores them completely.
(d) She is not fond of them at all.

2. Who does Mrs. Highcamp think her daughter would like?
(a) Alcee
(b) Robert
(c) Leonce
(d) Victor

3. Who is the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm?
(a) Adele Ratignolle
(b) The Woman in Black
(c) Celestine
(d) Madame Lebrun

4. Why does Edna cry when she listens to Mademoiselle Reisz play the piano?
(a) It reminds her of Leonce.
(b) It is too beautiful to imagine.
(c) It elicits the emotions she felt earlier in the summer.
(d) It is actually awful but she cannot bring herself to say so.

5. What kind of woman is Edna not?
(a) A mean woman
(b) A career woman
(c) A mother-woman
(d) A crazy woman

Short Answer Questions

1. Although they do not talk, what does the author say is happening between Robert and Edna?

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

3. Where does Edna go with her sketches?

4. Once Mr. Pontellier realizes Edna will not come to bed, what does he do?

5. What does Adele Ratignolle urge Robert to do?

(see the answer key)

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