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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adele Ratignolle urge Robert to do?
(a) To find someone his own age
(b) To get a part-time job
(c) To leave Edna Pontellier alone
(d) To leave the Grande Isle

2. Madame Lebrun remarks that sometimes she thinks Mrs. Pontellier is:
(a) Mysterious
(b) Callous
(c) Capricious
(d) Devious

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

4. What does Madame Ratignolle mean when she talks about her condition?
(a) Her pregnancy
(b) Her situation in life
(c) Her relationship with her husband
(d) Her illness

5. What folly has Mrs. Pontellier committed, according to her husband?
(a) She is under a white sunshade when a black one would be better.
(b) She has bought an ugly swimsuit.
(c) She has bathed at a bad time.
(d) She has taken swimming lessons .

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Robert at Grande Isle?

2. Does Mademoiselle Reisz's performance affect anyone else?

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

4. What does Mrs. Pontellier overhear Madame Ratignolle relate to Monsieur Farival in great detail?

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

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