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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Edna search for?
(a) Mariequita
(b) Madame Antoine
(c) Mademoiselle Reisz
(d) Victor Lebrun
2. In retrospect, how does Edna feel about stomping on her wedding ring?
(a) She still cannot believe she did such a thing
(b) Foolish
(c) Perfectly fine
(d) Vindicated
3. Where does Robert suggest he and Edna go the next day?
(a) Grande Terre
(b) The Grand Canyon
(c) Grande Cheniere
(d) The Cayman Islands
4. What does opening up to Madame Ratignolle do for Edna?
(a) It muddles her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom.
(b) It makes her want to pack up and go home.
(c) It makes her realize her life is full.
(d) She wishes she had a psychiatrist to talk to.
5. Raoul's condition prompts Mr. Pontellier to accuse his wife of:
(a) Neglecting their children
(b) Giving Raoul the wrong medicine
(c) Hating him
(d) Being a great mother
6. Edna gradually awakens, as if from a dream to feel:
(a) The realities pressing into her soul
(b) That she really is in a dream
(c) That it is better to sleep in a real bed
(d) Like she should sleep and dream more
7. 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.
8. What does Madame Ratignolle do to Edna that she first finds unsettling?
(a) She is very physically affectionate.
(b) She rubs Edna's belly whenever she wants to.
(c) She speaks to Edna in a very mean tone.
(d) She never looks Edna in the eye when speaking to her.
9. What is Madame Antoine cooking for dinner?
(a) Tuna
(b) Bluefish
(c) Deer
(d) Mullet, a type of fish
10. 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
11. How does Edna react to the news she learns at dinner?
(a) She is delighted.
(b) She has no reaction.
(c) She is skeptical.
(d) She is shocked.
12. What does Mrs. Pontellier overhear Madame Ratignolle relate to Monsieur Farival in great detail?
(a) Her interest in writing a novel
(b) One of her accouchements, or, childbirths
(c) Her intimate moments with her husband
(d) How to cook a chicken Creole style
13. What does Madame Ratignolle think of the Mexicans?
(a) She knows nothing of them and is very curious.
(b) They are the most delightful people she knows.
(c) They are a treacherous, unscrupulous and revengeful people.
(d) She confuses them with the Spanish.
14. Rather than paint, what does Mr. Pontellier think his wife should be doing?
(a) Looking after the children and household
(b) Getting a job
(c) Going back to school
(d) Volunteering at a hospital
15. How does Madame Ratignolle explain the behavior of the Lebruns?
(a) They are all given to heroics.
(b) They are bizarre because they are so bohemian.
(c) Very logical
(d) Unexplainable
Short Answer Questions
1. How has Robert's going away affected Edna?
2. Describe Madame Antoine:
3. Edna thinks her husband's bad humor is because of:
4. Was Edna a good swimming student?
5. How soon will Robert depart?
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