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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Awakening, Chapters 36-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Léonce fear about Edna?
(a) That she is having an affair.
(b) That she is unrealistic in her expectations.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she is becoming unstable.

2. What does Edna do that terrifies her?
(a) Drops her baby.
(b) Plays the piano in front of many others.
(c) Falls down the stairs.
(d) Swims out too far in the Gulf.

3. What is the only thing that makes Edna happy since Robert left?
(a) Music.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Swimming.

4. What will Edna do before she moves?
(a) Host a wedding reception for her sister.
(b) Find another nanny for the children.
(c) Host a farewell dinner.
(d) Go to counseling with her husband.

5. What is one childhood crush Edna remembers?
(a) On a school teacher.
(b) On a farmer boy.
(c) On a cavalry officer.
(d) On a minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the culture of Edna's husband's circle of friends?

2. What is the opening setting for the novelette The Awakening?

3. For what does Edna yearn?

4. What does Adèle Ratignolle do that Edna would not be comfortable doing?

5. How does Edna feel she is acting?

(see the answer key)

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