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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. How does the author describe Edna's feelings for her own children?
(a) She is not fond of them at all.
(b) She is fond of them in an uneven, impulsive way.
(c) She adores them completely.
(d) She is fond of them because the law says she should be.

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

3. What does Edna do at Madame Antoine's?
(a) She sleeps.
(b) She helps cook.
(c) She cleans the house.
(d) She reads books.

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) All but the hundred years she was sleeping
(c) He does not really care, so he has no response.
(d) He does not think that is correct.

5. As they sail to the Cheniere Caminada, how does Edna feel?
(a) Eager to experience a religious awakening
(b) Sick to her stomach
(c) She feels she is being liberated.
(d) Oppressed

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edna do that surprises everyone?

2. What does Madame Ratignolle mean when she talks about her condition?

3. Raoul's condition prompts Mr. Pontellier to accuse his wife of:

4. After declining Robert's invitation to go to the beach, how does Edna feel?

5. What happens to Edna at the service?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Is Edna taking a big risk by going to the Lebrun house to find Mademoiselle Reisz's address?

3. Why do you think Mr. Pontellier is so enraged at his wife when he thinks Raoul has a fever?

4. Madame Ratignolle--what kind of woman is she?

5. Chopin uses the image of water as a symbol for what?

6. If Edna were to tell Leonce how she really felt, would he understand? Would he listen? How would she tell him so it would get through to him?

7. The author says that Edna's will had blazed up. However, Leonce has a strong will, too. What is going on in this chapter? How is the Pontellier marriage changing?

8. 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?

9. Why does Adele urge Robert not to pursue Edna?

10. 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?

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