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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Emancipation: A Life Fable.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Mandelet say he will do?
(a) Examine Edna.
(b) Talk to Edna's maid.
(c) Prescribe some pills.
(d) Come to dinner to observe Edna.

2. Why does Edna cry after Robert leaves?
(a) She learns her husband is having an affair.
(b) Her husband wants a divorce.
(c) She doesn't want to go back to the city.
(d) She just then realizes how infatuated she is with him.

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

4. 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 becoming unstable.
(d) That she is pregnant.

5. What does Madame Ratignolle tell Edna when Edna returns?
(a) That Léonce will be delayed getting back.
(b) That Étienne was naughty.
(c) That Étienne is quite ill.
(d) That a fresh catch of fish has just arrived.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the character seem?

2. What does Edna promise Madame Ratignolle?

3. What has Robert been teaching Edna?

4. Why does Edna feel regret about her infidelity?

5. What does Dr. Mandelet tell Edna?

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