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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 Edna see when Mademoiselle Reisz plays?
(a) The future in gross detail
(b) Nothing. But she feels passions that make her choke with tears.
(c) Her life unfold like a beautiful flower
(d) Herself playing the piano

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

3. Why is Mr. Pontellier reading a day-old newspaper?
(a) He likes old news, not current news.
(b) He is too cheap to buy the day's paper.
(c) The day's paper has not yet reached the Grande Isle.
(d) He is a slow reader .

4. What starts to change in Edna this summer at Grande Isle?
(a) The mantel of openness that had always enveloped her is tightening.
(b) The idea of living here year-round is gaining its appeal.
(c) She longs to have another child.
(d) The mantel of reservation that had always enveloped her is loosening.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Mrs. Pontellier talks about:

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

(see the answer key)

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