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

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

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

4. Edna tells Robert that he:
(a) Awoke her last summer from a life-long stupid dream
(b) Looks much like his brother
(c) Needs to stay at the pigeon house and lock the doors
(d) Should not stay with her; it will never work out

5. What effect has Alcee had on Edna?
(a) No effect whatsoever
(b) A subduing effect
(c) A frigthening effect
(d) A narcotic effect

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Edna have to suddenly leave Robert?

2. When Edna sees Robert at the cafe, she accuses him of being the embodiment of:

3. What is a mulatresse?

4. Who has written to Mademoiselle Reisz asking about Edna?

5. What does Alcee call Edna's new home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the photo of Alcee Arobin upset Robert so much when he goes back to the pigeon-house with her?

2. Do you think Edna's feelings were Robert were genuine?

3. Is the dinner party a grand affair?

4. Is the Colonel, Edna's father, right to think that if she and her husband spent more time together in the evenings at home, they would have a stronger marriage?

5. After her disappointing evening with Robert, what does Edna initially do?

6. Did the author give any warning that this love affair might not end happily?

7. Why does Madame Ratignolle urge Edna to think of her children?

8. Is Leonce at all worried about the breakup of his marriage emotionally? Is he making arrangements to hide his real feelings?

9. Edna goes to Mademoiselle Reisz's for refuge, as well as to find out the latest news about Robert. What happens when she is at Mademoiselle Reisz's alone, waiting for the pianist, and Robert shows up out of the blue?

10. Once Edna has decided to move, does she want to discuss it with Leonce?

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