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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who approaches Mr. Pontellier underneath a white sunshade?
(a) His wife, Mrs. Edna Pontellier and the young Robert Lebrun
(b) Robert LeBrun and his wife
(c) The local priest
(d) Madame Lebrun and her son Robert

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

3. Once Mr. Pontellier is asleep, Mrs. Pontellier leaves the room and:
(a) Reads a book
(b) Writes letters to her father
(c) Devises a scheme to move out
(d) Cries almost uncontrollably

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

5. After declining Robert's invitation to go to the beach, how does Edna feel?
(a) She is glad to be alone and painting
(b) She feels relieved, because she cannot swim.
(c) She feels sad, because it might the last time he ever asks her.
(d) She feels contradictory, regretting she had not gone and glad that she had not.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does opening up to Madame Ratignolle do for Edna?

2. What characteristic of the Creoles "impresses" Mrs. Pontellier?

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

4. According to Edna, her marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an:

5. Who is very fond of Robert?

(see the answer key)

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