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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Pontellier promise to bring back for his sons?
(a) Ice cream
(b) Bonbons and peanuts
(c) Bourbon balls
(d) Candies and walnuts

3. Raoul's condition prompts Mr. Pontellier to accuse his wife of:
(a) Being a great mother
(b) Neglecting their children
(c) Giving Raoul the wrong medicine
(d) Hating him

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

5. What does Robert do while Mrs. Pontellier paints?
(a) He becomes very silent.
(b) He paints, too.
(c) He tickles her.
(d) He often rests his head on her arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Edna's feelings for her own children?

2. How does Mrs. Pontellier react when her husband comes home from Klein's?

3. Who approaches Mr. Pontellier underneath a white sunshade?

4. When Mr. Pontellier checks in on his sons, he thinks that Raoul has:

5. What folly has Mrs. Pontellier committed, according to her husband?

(see the answer key)

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