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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alone with Edna, what does Alcee show her?
(a) Scars on his back from beatings during his childhood
(b) His journals
(c) His private collection of paintings
(d) A scar from a saber cut he got at age 19

2. According to Adele, what is Alcee's reputation?
(a) Very good
(b) Not really known
(c) Respectable
(d) Dreadful

3. How does Mr. Pontellier save his public image?
(a) By putting a notice in the paper announcing his family's upcoming sojourn
(b) By running off to Europe
(c) By putting a notice in the paper announcing his company's success
(d) By calling friends and begging for their pity

4. Who is Edna thinking of when she returns home?
(a) Robert
(b) The Colonel
(c) Leonce
(d) Her sons

5. Leonce tells Edna he will return in March after which they will go where?
(a) To Africa
(b) Abroad
(c) California
(d) To Asia

6. How does Edna react to the note?
(a) She is not upset. She knew this would happen.
(b) She thinks Robert has lost his mind so she goes to sleep.
(c) She thinks it is a joke and laughs.
(d) She is devastated. She does not sleep all night.

7. Who suddenly appears before Victor and Mariequita?
(a) Mrs. Highcamp
(b) Madame Lebrun
(c) Alcee Arobin
(d) Mrs. Pontellier

8. What does Mademoiselle Reisz say is essential to becoming a true artist?
(a) Passionate experience
(b) A good education
(c) Good painting technique
(d) A courageous and brave soul

9. How do the Pontellier children feel about their house being renovated?
(a) Upset
(b) Confused
(c) They do not understand.
(d) Excited

10. What does Edna finally admit to Mademoiselle Reisz?
(a) That she is not in love with anyone and wants to be alone
(b) That she does not love Leonce
(c) That she is in love with Robert
(d) That she is in love with Alcee

11. When does Alcee finally say goodnight to Edna?
(a) When she says goodbye first
(b) When she orders him to leave
(c) When she became supple to his gentle seductive entreaties
(d) He does not because he stays until the morning.

12. How does Edna feel once her father and husband are gone?
(a) She is lost as to how to occupy herself.
(b) She is lonely.
(c) She is happy to be alone and feels free.
(d) She is miserable.

13. Why does Edna tell Victor to stop singing?
(a) He is a terrible singer.
(b) He is singing a song that Robert often sang to her.
(c) She wants to sing.
(d) She hates that song.

14. Why did Robert leave Mexico?
(a) He ran out of money.
(b) He could not find work.
(c) The Mexicans were not very congenial.
(d) He contracted a strange disease.

15. Who does Mrs. Highcamp think her daughter would like?
(a) Robert
(b) Leonce
(c) Victor
(d) Alcee

Short Answer Questions

1. The Colonel is an expert at concocting:

2. Why does Edna not want to go abroad?

3. Does Robert know that Edna is reading his letters to Mademoiselle Reisz?

4. At the last moment, which two guests do not show up at Edna's dinner party?

5. What worries Mr. Pontellier about this situation?

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