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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 bathed at a bad time.
(c) She has bought an ugly swimsuit.
(d) She has taken swimming lessons .

2. What does Robert do while Mrs. Pontellier paints?
(a) He becomes very silent.
(b) He paints, too.
(c) He tickles her.
(d) He often rests his head on her arm.

3. Does Mrs. Pontellier feel comfortable in the company of Creoles?
(a) She does not give it much thought.
(b) Absolutely
(c) Not at all
(d) Not entirely

4. Mrs. Pontellier talks about:
(a) Her children
(b) Her husband's business, their house on Esplanade Street
(c) The weather
(d) Her father's Mississippi plantation, Kentucky, and her sister's engagement

5. Edna wonders how many years she has slept. Robert says:
(a) An entire day
(b) You have slept exactly one hundred minutes.
(c) About half an hour
(d) You have slept precisely one hundred years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Edna feel a pang of jealousy toward Madame Lebrun?

2. How soon will Robert depart?

3. Who is Montel?

4. How does the author describe Edna's feelings for her own children?

5. Why does it anger Mr. Pontellier so much that Edna went out on Tuesday?

(see the answer key)

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