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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When talking to both Adele and Edna, Robert is jovial and jokes often. Is he this way when alone with Edna?
(a) No, he is not.
(b) It depends on whether her husband is in the room.
(c) The author gives few clues as to how he behaves when alone with Edna.
(d) Yes, he is.

2. What does Edna do that surprises everyone?
(a) She takes surfing lessons.
(b) She forces Leonce to swim with her.
(c) She runs up and down the beach like a madwoman.
(d) She jumps into the ocean and swims by herself.

3. What does Edna do at Madame Antoine's?
(a) She sleeps.
(b) She helps cook.
(c) She reads books.
(d) She cleans the house.

4. How does Madame Ratignolle explain the behavior of the Lebruns?
(a) Very logical
(b) They are bizarre because they are so bohemian.
(c) Unexplainable
(d) They are all given to heroics.

5. According to Edna, her marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an:
(a) Amiable thing to do
(b) Act of rebellion
(c) Act of convenience
(d) Accident

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Edna call the piece she often hears Mademoiselle Reisz play?

3. What is Edna realizing about herself?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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