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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Madame Ratignolle mean when she talks about her condition?
2. Madame Lebrun remarks that sometimes she thinks Mrs. Pontellier is:
3. How does the author describe Edna's feelings for her own children?
4. What does Mademoiselle Reisz say to Edna after her performance?
5. Where does Edna go with her sketches?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Chopin use foreshadowing in this chapter to warn of events to come?
2. Why doe Edna feel so comfortable in Madame Antoine's house right away?
3. 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?
4. Describe Edna's feelings when she learns Robert is leaving for Mexico.
5. What do you think the author means when she says Edna was beginning to understand her place in the universe as a woman and as a human being?
6. Why do you think Mr. Pontellier is so enraged at his wife when he thinks Raoul has a fever?
7. 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?
8. Why does Adele urge Robert not to pursue Edna?
9. Is Leonce at all upset that his wife has been away with another man?
10. Madame Ratignolle--what kind of woman is she?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Is The Awakening a critique of women's stature in the late 19th century? Was Kate Chopin taking a risk by writing this at the time she did?
Essay Topic 2
Edna could have insisted that Robert come with her to the Ratignolle's house but did not. If they had gone together, would they have had a chance at a lifetime of happiness, or, were they doomed no matter what?
Essay Topic 3
At one point, Edna says that "Her marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an accident." Why?
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