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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Pontellier's eyes.
(a) It is impossible to see her eyes hidden behind sunglasses
(b) Quick, bright, yellowish brown, about the color of her hair
(c) Dull, slow, blue like the sky
(d) Green and grayish at the same time

2. What does Robert talk a great deal about?
(a) Mexico
(b) Himself
(c) His mother
(d) His brother

3. What does Madame Ratignolle do to Edna that she first finds unsettling?
(a) She speaks to Edna in a very mean tone.
(b) She never looks Edna in the eye when speaking to her.
(c) She rubs Edna's belly whenever she wants to.
(d) She is very physically affectionate.

4. Mrs. Pontellier talks about:
(a) Her husband's business, their house on Esplanade Street
(b) Her children
(c) Her father's Mississippi plantation, Kentucky, and her sister's engagement
(d) The weather

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mr. Pontellier send home to his wife while he is away?

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

4. After declining Robert's invitation to go to the beach, how does Edna feel?

5. What does Robert do while Mrs. Pontellier paints?

(see the answer key)

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