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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Awakening, Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the opening setting for the novelette The Awakening?
(a) Grand Isle, Louisiana.
(b) Charleston, South Carolina.
(c) Grand Isle, Georgia.
(d) Mobile, Alabama.

3. Why is Léonce Pontellier concerned?
(a) His mother is ill.
(b) His wife has become badly sunburned.
(c) His father is ill.
(d) His latest business venture is failing.

4. Where does Edna grow up?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Tennessee.

5. Whose picture did Edna keep when she is a child?
(a) A famous actor.
(b) One she paints of a boy next door.
(c) Her brother's best friend.
(d) A famous playwright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Léonce Pontellier send Edna after he returns to the city?

2. What habit does Robert do every summer?

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

4. How does Edna feel she is acting?

5. Who is Madame Lebrun?

(see the answer key)

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