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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 Edna want to do before dinner?
(a) Play the piano
(b) Bathe in the ocean
(c) Go fishing
(d) Take a nap

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

3. Why does Edna tell Victor to stop singing?
(a) She wants to sing.
(b) He is singing a song that Robert often sang to her.
(c) She hates that song.
(d) He is a terrible singer.

4. As Edna walks on the beach, what does she realize about Robert?
(a) He was much too young for her.
(b) He probably had another girlfriend anyway.
(c) That he was a cad just like Alcee
(d) That eventually he would melt out of her existence

5. When does Alcee finally say goodnight to Edna?
(a) When she orders him to leave
(b) When she says goodbye first
(c) He does not because he stays until the morning.
(d) When she became supple to his gentle seductive entreaties

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Madame Ratignolle complain to Edna?

2. How does Mr. Pontellier save his public image?

3. What does Edna regret about her kiss with Alcee?

4. Edna's father believes her marriage would be stronger if:

5. What does Mademoiselle Reisz say is essential to becoming a true artist?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Edna call her move and dinner party a "coup d'etat"?

2. Why does Mr. Pontellier talk to Dr. Mandelet about Edna? Why can he not talk to his wife himself?

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

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

5. Why does Edna feel strong and confident in the pigeon-house?

6. Why did Robert not write to Edna from Mexico?

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

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

9. What do you think happens to Edna? Does she die in the ocean? Does she make it back?

10. Is the dinner party a grand affair?

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