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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Robert ask to perform for Mrs. Pontellier?
(a) Mademoiselle Reisz
(b) Mr. Pontellier
(c) Madame Lebrun
(d) Madame Ratignolle

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

3. What effect does music generally have on Edna?
(a) It has a way of evoking pictures in her mind.
(b) It has a way of making her anxious.
(c) Sedative. It makes her sleepy.
(d) None. She hates music.

4. What were some of the reasons Edna decided to marry Leonce Pontellier?
(a) He was completely different from her father.
(b) He was wealthy beyond her imagination.
(c) Her father and sister were violently opposed to him.
(d) He was irresitibly handsome and charming.

5. Why is Robert at Grande Isle?
(a) He had heard of it through a friend, thought he should see it.
(b) He likes to spend time with old women.
(c) He spends every summer vacation there with his mother.
(d) He is in search of a job.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Was Edna a good swimming student?

3. Raoul's condition prompts Mr. Pontellier to accuse his wife of:

4. What does Madame Ratignolle do to Edna that she first finds unsettling?

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

(see the answer key)

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