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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 does opening up to Madame Ratignolle do for Edna?
(a) It muddles her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom.
(b) It makes her realize her life is full.
(c) She wishes she had a psychiatrist to talk to.
(d) It makes her want to pack up and go home.

2. Who does Robert ask to perform for Mrs. Pontellier?
(a) Madame Lebrun
(b) Mademoiselle Reisz
(c) Madame Ratignolle
(d) Mr. Pontellier

3. Around what time does Edna finally get up?
(a) Two in the morning
(b) Noon the next day
(c) About one hour before dawn
(d) At the same time she always does, seven a.m.

4. Where does Robert take Edna to recover?
(a) Mademoiselle Reisz's
(b) Madame LeBrun's
(c) Madame Antoine's
(d) Madame Ratignolle

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are there no recent adult photographs of Robert at his mother's home?

2. How soon will Robert depart?

3. Why does Edna feel a pang of jealousy toward Madame Lebrun?

4. As they sail to the Cheniere Caminada, how does Edna feel?

5. When Mr. Pontellier checks in on his sons, he thinks that Raoul has:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Despite growing closer to Adele, why does Edna still not reveal her thoughts to Adele?

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

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

5. Despite his sudden departure, and the way in which she found out he was leaving, Edna really misses him. Why is his absence so painful for her?

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

7. Why does Edna cry so hard after her husband scolds her for being what he considers a neglectful mother?

8. Given all of the time and attention and affection from Robert and now his sudden departure, what kind of person is he? Do you think he is different from the man you first read about? Has he been deceptive? Is he fearful?

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

10. Edna and Adele grow close. How are they different?

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