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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edna want to do with Madame Ratignolle?
(a) Paint a portrait of her
(b) Start an art business
(c) Talk politics
(d) Start a restaurant

2. Why is Mr. Pontellier reading a day-old newspaper?
(a) He likes old news, not current news.
(b) He is too cheap to buy the day's paper.
(c) The day's paper has not yet reached the Grande Isle.
(d) He is a slow reader .

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

4. Where is Leonce when Edna returns from the Cheniere?
(a) He is at Klein's.
(b) He went to Madame Antoine's.
(c) He is now at the Cheniere.
(d) He is walking along the beach.

5. What effect does music generally have on Edna?
(a) It has a way of making her anxious.
(b) Sedative. It makes her sleepy.
(c) It has a way of evoking pictures in her mind.
(d) None. She hates music.

6. Madame Lebrun remarks that sometimes she thinks Mrs. Pontellier is:
(a) Mysterious
(b) Callous
(c) Devious
(d) Capricious

7. Edna gradually awakens, as if from a dream to feel:
(a) That she really is in a dream
(b) The realities pressing into her soul
(c) That it is better to sleep in a real bed
(d) Like she should sleep and dream more

8. What were some of the reasons Edna decided to marry Leonce Pontellier?
(a) He was irresitibly handsome and charming.
(b) He was wealthy beyond her imagination.
(c) He was completely different from her father.
(d) Her father and sister were violently opposed to him.

9. Describe Madame Antoine:
(a) Short, stout, angry and scary like a guard dog
(b) Thin, walks elegantly and speaks beautiful English
(c) Short, with a rather unforgettable face
(d) Fat, walks heavily and clumsily, speaks no English but is warm and friendly

10. As Edna walks around town, who occupies her thoughts?
(a) Robert
(b) Leonce
(c) Alphonse
(d) Raoul

11. What had Edna attempted to learn all summer?
(a) How to fish
(b) How to memorize poetry
(c) How to cook
(d) How to swim

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

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

14. What does Edna realize about herself after learning of Robert's departure?
(a) She might just take off and join him .
(b) She is experiencing a real infatuation.
(c) She has always wanted to go to Mexico.
(d) She does not like Robert as much as she thought.

15. What does Robert jokingly say happened to Mrs. Pontellier when she was in the ocean?
(a) A spirit rose from the Gulf and found her.
(b) She looked like a shark.
(c) He never jokes.
(d) No one watched her because they knew she was a good swimmer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Madame Ratignolle do to Edna that she first finds unsettling?

3. What does Victor say has changed Edna?

4. Who is the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm?

5. What does Mr. Pontellier promise to bring back for his sons?

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