2. What does Victor's kiss on Edna's hand feel like?
(a) Like punch in the gut
(b) Disgusting
(c) A pleasing sting
(d) Cold and icy

3. Who does Mr. Pontellier drop in to visit in town one morning?
(a) Dr. Mandelet
(b) Mademoiselle Reisz
(c) Madame Ratignolle
(d) Madame Lebrun

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

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

6. Why does Edna have to suddenly leave Robert?
(a) Leonce is sick and needs her.
(b) Madame Ratignolle is sick and needs her.
(c) She forgot to pick up something at the market.
(d) Alcee is sick and needs her.

7. What is her overwhelming feeling after kissing Alcee?
(a) A feeling of excitement
(b) A feeling of lightness
(c) A feeling of inevitablity
(d) A feeling of irresponsibility

8. What does Edna regret about her kiss with Alcee?
(a) That it did not come from real love
(b) That this new lover has such a strange name
(c) That it did not lead to more
(d) That it did not last longer

9. Describe the nature of Robert's and Edna's conversation:
(a) A bit awkward, mostly small talk
(b) Very intellectual
(c) As if they had never left each other
(d) Very proper and polite

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

11. Why does Mr. Pontellier not try to persuade Edna to go to the wedding?
(a) He thinks she needs to stay back and look after the house.
(b) He is following the doctor's advice to let her do as she likes.
(c) He thinks it will get him out of going as well.
(d) He does not want to bring her.

12. Mr. Pontellier thinks something's wrong with Edna because:
(a) She is speaking in French most of the time.
(b) She paints disturbing portraits.
(c) She forgets her housework, comes in late and does not associate with anyone.
(d) She has lost much weight.

13. Most of all, what did Edna gain?
(a) A better sense of what men are really like
(b) A new lover
(c) An understanding of what married women feel when they are adulterous
(d) A greater understanding of life

14. At the last moment, which two guests do not show up at Edna's dinner party?
(a) The Colonel and her sister
(b) Leonce and Dr. Mandelet
(c) Etienne and Raoul
(d) Adele Ratignolle and Madame Lebrun

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