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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Edna choose to remain in the hammock?
(a) She has always preferred hammocks to beds.
(b) She feels that her will had blazed up, stubborn and resistant.
(c) She likes the salty air.
(d) She thinks it may make Leonce romantic.

2. What does Mrs. Pontellier overhear Madame Ratignolle relate to Monsieur Farival in great detail?
(a) Her intimate moments with her husband
(b) How to cook a chicken Creole style
(c) Her interest in writing a novel
(d) One of her accouchements, or, childbirths

3. What does Mademoiselle Reisz say to Edna after her performance?
(a) It is the last time she will perform for anyone.
(b) Edna is the only one worth playing for.
(c) She should have chosen a different tune.
(d) She would have preferred playing the violin.

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

5. What is Madame Antoine cooking for dinner?
(a) Bluefish
(b) Deer
(c) Mullet, a type of fish
(d) Tuna

Short Answer Questions

1. Edna gradually awakens, as if from a dream to feel:

2. Where is Leonce when Edna returns from the Cheniere?

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

4. What does Robert talk a great deal about?

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

(see the answer key)

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