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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 37-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Mr. Pontellier eager to go the next day?
(a) Wall Street, to conduct business
(b) Bourbon Street, the heart of New Orleans
(c) Easy Street, to open a bar
(d) Carondelet Street, the business center of the city

2. What does Mr. Pontellier promise to bring back for his sons?
(a) Bonbons and peanuts
(b) Ice cream
(c) Candies and walnuts
(d) Bourbon balls

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

4. And what does Leonce do when Edna asks him to come to bed?
(a) He comes immediately.
(b) He ignores her and reads the newspaper.
(c) He stays behind to finish smoking his cigar.
(d) He stays behind to have another round of wine.

5. What does Leonce believe is a way to become rich?
(a) To speculate in real estate
(b) To make money, not save it
(c) To con people into buying investments they do not need
(d) To keep children in public not private schools

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. Pontellier save his public image?

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

3. Describe Mrs. Pontellier's eyes.

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

5. What does Edna throw at Robert?

(see the answer key)

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