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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Désirée's Baby.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stays behind after the dinner party?
(a) Dr. Mandelet.
(b) Alcée.
(c) Robert.
(d) Victor.

2. When does Mr. Pontellier arrive at the cottage after the swim?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) Around 11.
(c) With Edna.
(d) By light the next morning.

3. Who pledges devotion to Edna in a letter?
(a) Alcée.
(b) Robert.
(c) No one.
(d) Her husband.

4. What does Armand want Désirée to do?
(a) Leave.
(b) Find out if someone in her ancestry is negro.
(c) Stay with him no matter what.
(d) Swear to the local priest that she is white.

5. What does Léonce think he has learned by Edna's interaction with her father?
(a) That she controls her father.
(b) That Edna is spoiled by her father.
(c) That she has a deep family attachment he had not noticed before.
(d) That she is scared of her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mademoiselle Reisz play on the piano?

2. What explanation does Edna give Robert for having a photo of Alcée in her house?

3. Though Edna has fallen from her high position in society, what does she feel has improved?

4. What does Désirée do with herself and her baby?

5. What does Madame Ratignolle tell Edna when Edna returns?

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