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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Edna feel a pang of jealousy toward Madame Lebrun?
(a) She is more beautiful than Edna.
(b) Robert wrote to his mother but not to Edna.
(c) She is a better painter than Edna.
(d) She is richer than Edna.

3. Alone in her room, what does Edna do?
(a) She tears up a handkerchief, stomps on her wedding ring and smashes a vase.
(b) She cuts up the linens with sharp scissors.
(c) She laughs uncontrollably.
(d) She packs her bags but decides not to leave.

4. As they sail to the Cheniere Caminada, how does Edna feel?
(a) She feels she is being liberated.
(b) Sick to her stomach
(c) Eager to experience a religious awakening
(d) Oppressed

5. Why does Mr. Pontellier stop reading his newspaper?
(a) He gets a telegraph.
(b) His back hurts and he is uncomfortable.
(c) He cannot read it with any
(d) He gets a telephone call.

6. What does Madame Ratignolle do to Edna that she first finds unsettling?
(a) She never looks Edna in the eye when speaking to her.
(b) She rubs Edna's belly whenever she wants to.
(c) She speaks to Edna in a very mean tone.
(d) She is very physically affectionate.

7. Does Mademoiselle Reisz's performance affect anyone else?
(a) It excites the adults only.
(b) It arouses everyone.
(c) Only those who know music
(d) It excites the children only.

8. According to Mademoiselle Reisz, who is Madame Lebrun's favorite child?
(a) Robert
(b) A third son who goes unnamed in this novel
(c) Neither son, she loves them equally
(d) Victor

9. Once Mr. Pontellier realizes Edna will not come to bed, what does he do?
(a) He grabs her and carries her upstairs.
(b) He stays up, drinks wine, and smokes cigars next to her.
(c) He goes out and drinks with this male friends.
(d) He runs to the beach and swims alone.

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

11. What does Mr. Pontellier send home to his wife while he is away?
(a) A basket filled with wine bottles
(b) A basket filled with eggs
(c) A basket filled with exquisite candies and fancy foods
(d) A basket filled with instructions on how she should behave

12. 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

13. Where will Montel be next month?
(a) On a cruise ship
(b) Santa Cruz
(c) No one is really sure
(d) Vera Cruz

14. What happens to Edna at the service?
(a) She renounces religion.
(b) She starts crying and cannot stop.
(c) She sings too loudly and is told to leave.
(d) She nearly faints and has to leave.

15. What does Edna see when Mademoiselle Reisz plays?
(a) The future in gross detail
(b) Her life unfold like a beautiful flower
(c) Nothing. But she feels passions that make her choke with tears.
(d) Herself playing the piano

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Edna ask the little Negro girl to wake up?

3. Around what time does Edna finally get up?

4. What effect does music generally have on Edna?

5. Describe Madame Antoine:

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