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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. Alone with Edna, what does Alcee show her?
2. Who is Mademoiselle Reisz surprised to see at her doorstep?
3. What does Victor's kiss on Edna's hand feel like?
4. How does Robert react to the sight of Alcee's photograph?
5. Where does Arobin urge Edna to go with him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Madame Ratignolle urge Edna to think of her children?
2. Why did Robert not write to Edna from Mexico?
3. Why does Edna feel strong and confident in the pigeon-house?
4. Why does Edna call her move and dinner party a "coup d'etat"?
5. In addition to her move, what occasion is the group celebrating?
6. Why does Edna need to know so much about Robert's tobacco pouch?
7. 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?
8. Edna tells Mademoiselle Reisz that she is going to move out of her house and that she is in love with Robert. Are either of these actions wise?
9. Did the author give any warning that this love affair might not end happily?
10. Once Edna has decided to move, does she want to discuss it with Leonce?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 30, when Edna has her guests over for her coup d'etat dinner party, there is a moment when she retreats into her own thoughts. "But as she sat there amid her guests, she felt the old ennui overtaking her; the hopelessness which so often assailed her, which came upon her like an obsession, like something extraneous, independent of volition. It was something which announced itself; a chill breath that seemed to issue from some vast cavern wherein discords walled. There came over her the acute longing which always summoned into her spiritual vision the presence of the beloved one, overpowering her at once with a sense of the unattainable."
What does this passage mean? What does is say about Edna at this point in her life?
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Edna is so drawn to Robert? Describe first how they meet, and how their relationship develops. What is it about Edna's life that is so lacking that she feels so drawn to him?
Essay Topic 3
What do you think of the final moments in Edna's life? Was she a coward for taking her own life? Or, was she brave in making the final decision on how to conclude her life?
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