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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristic of the Creoles "impresses" Mrs. Pontellier?
(a) Their endurance especially when swimming
(b) Their ability to drink a lot
(c) Their literary knowledge
(d) Their entire absence of prudery

2. What does Mrs. Pontellier overhear Madame Ratignolle relate to Monsieur Farival in great detail?
(a) How to cook a chicken Creole style
(b) One of her accouchements, or, childbirths
(c) Her interest in writing a novel
(d) Her intimate moments with her husband

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

4. What does Robert say in response to Edna's comment that they have spent the entire day together?
(a) He is embarrassed at the remark and turns away.
(b) He does not really care, so he has no response.
(c) All but the hundred years she was sleeping
(d) He does not think that is correct.

5. How does Mrs. Pontellier react when her husband comes home from Klein's?
(a) Angry that he is home so late
(b) Surprised that he is home so early
(c) With great enthusiasm
(d) With little interest

Short Answer Questions

1. What folly has Mrs. Pontellier committed, according to her husband?

2. What does Leonce believe is a way to become rich?

3. What news does Edna learn once she joins the others for dinner?

4. How has Robert's going away affected Edna?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first impression the author gives of Mr. Pontellier?

2. Robert talks about his mother, Mrs. Lebrun. What does his mother do at the Grande Isle?

3. What is it about the ocean that emboldens Edna?

4. What is the first thing that Edna wonders after she wakes up at Madame Antoine's?

5. How does Chopin use foreshadowing in this chapter to warn of events to come?

6. Mrs. Pontellier and Madame Ratignolle have a heated argument in which Edna says she would be willing to give up anything for her children except for herself. What does she mean by this? And why does it upset Madame Ratignolle so much?

7. What do you think compelled Edna to jump into the ocean for a swim?

8. Before Edna visits the Ratignolles, she is consumed by thoughts of Robert. Is she obsessed? Infatuated? Are her feelings genuine?

9. Once Edna has returned to the cottage, she finds herself alone and contemplates her life. Does she feel that she has changed since arriving at the Grande Isle? Does she understand how these changes, however small or dramatic, could be life-changing for her?

10. Why does Edna leave the Ratignolles in a depressed rather than a happy state of mind?

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