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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Describe Alcee's kiss with Edna:
(a) It was a flaming torch that kindled desire.
(b) It was cold, unemotional.
(c) Edna felt like a whore afterward.
(d) It was the kind of kiss a brother gives a sister.

3. What does Edna call the piece she often hears Mademoiselle Reisz play?
(a) Swinging Blues
(b) Sunshine
(c) Solitude
(d) Solitaire

4. What does Edna receive with her husband's letter of disapproval?
(a) Instructions to contact an architect to remodel their house
(b) Instructions to contact a lawyer to start their divorce
(c) Nothing
(d) Instructions on how to get to this mother's house

5. What does Robert talk a great deal about?
(a) His brother
(b) Himself
(c) Mexico
(d) His mother

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor say has changed Edna?

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

3. Who made the tobacco pouch that Robert carries?

4. What does Edna throw at Robert?

5. What does Alcee call Edna's new home?

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