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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Edna ask the little Negro girl to wake up?
(a) Robert
(b) Adele
(c) Madame Lebrun
(d) Victor

3. Who is the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm?
(a) The Woman in Black
(b) Adele Ratignolle
(c) Madame Lebrun
(d) Celestine

4. In retrospect, how does Edna feel about stomping on her wedding ring?
(a) Vindicated
(b) Foolish
(c) She still cannot believe she did such a thing
(d) Perfectly fine

5. What does Edna do after her conversation with Mademoiselle Reisz?
(a) She goes for a walk.
(b) She plunges into the ocean with abandon.
(c) She announces she is going to renew her vows to Leonce.
(d) She tries to find Robert's contact information.

6. How does Edna react to the news she learns at dinner?
(a) She is skeptical.
(b) She has no reaction.
(c) She is shocked.
(d) She is delighted.

7. What does Mariequita think of Robert and Edna?
(a) That they have a secret
(b) That they should separate immediately
(c) That they are sweethearts
(d) That they would make good foster parents

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

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

10. 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) One of her accouchements, or, childbirths
(d) Her interest in writing a novel

11. What does Edna throw at Robert?
(a) Her shoe
(b) An orange she plucked from a tree
(c) A pillow
(d) A frying pan

12. What does Madame Ratignolle mean when she talks about her condition?
(a) Her relationship with her husband
(b) Her pregnancy
(c) Her situation in life
(d) Her illness

13. What is Edna realizing about herself?
(a) That she hates her husband
(b) That she has some emotions for Robert
(c) That her children are a massive burden
(d) That she likes Victor, not Robert

14. Who is Montel?
(a) A celebrity who vacations on the Grande Isle
(b) A friend of Edna's
(c) A servant at the Lebrun estate
(d) A man who is in love with Madame Lebrun

15. Why is Robert at Grande Isle?
(a) He had heard of it through a friend, thought he should see it.
(b) He is in search of a job.
(c) He likes to spend time with old women.
(d) He spends every summer vacation there with his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edna want to do with Madame Ratignolle?

2. Where does Edna go with her sketches?

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

4. What does Madame Ratignolle think of the Mexicans?

5. What does Mademoiselle Reisz say to Edna after her performance?

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