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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. The Colonel is an expert at concocting:
2. Why does Edna cry when she listens to Mademoiselle Reisz play the piano?
3. Why does Edna tell Victor to stop singing?
4. What does Adele tell Edna to do?
5. What does Edna promise before leaving?
Short Essay Questions
1. Did the author give any warning that this love affair might not end happily?
2. Is the dinner party a grand affair?
3. Edna and Mademoiselle Reisz have a spirited discussion when they meet again. Describe the things they say to one another. Is this a pair of women who really like each other?
4. After her disappointing evening with Robert, what does Edna initially do?
5. Why does Edna call her move and dinner party a "coup d'etat"?
6. Why does Madame Ratignolle urge Edna to think of her children?
7. 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?
8. In addition to her move, what occasion is the group celebrating?
9. What do you think happens to Edna? Does she die in the ocean? Does she make it back?
10. Why does Mademoiselle Reisz play the Chopin piece? Is this an instance of foreshadowing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Edna and Dr. Mandelet leave the Ratignolle house (Chapter 38), the doctor says "It seems to me my dear child, you seem to me to be in trouble." Although he does not ask her what is bothering her, he offers to hear her out and help her. He also believes that he knows what is troubling her. Could he have saved her if she had let him?
Essay Topic 2
At the end of Chapter 33, Robert and Edna sit in silence. He has called her cruel. Has Edna changed too much for 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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