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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 has Robert been teaching Edna?
(a) How to fish.
(b) How to make gumbo stew.
(c) How to play the recorder.
(d) How to swim.

2. About what does Edna argue with her father?
(a) Traveling to New York at the time of the wedding.
(b) Having an abortion.
(c) Visiting her childhood male friend.
(d) Attending her sister's wedding.

3. Why does Edna feel regret about her infidelity?
(a) That she is not unfaithful because of love.
(b) That she will now have a bad reputation.
(c) That her husband will be hurt.
(d) That the children will be hurt.

4. How does the character seem?
(a) Agitated.
(b) Content.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Angry.

5. What does Madame Ratignolle say about Alcée?
(a) He has gotten a woman pregnant before and abandoned her.
(b) He has a dreadful reputation.
(c) That he is ill.
(d) That he is very poor and looking to live off a naive woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the character respond to the accident?

2. What happens by accident one day?

3. What does Mademoiselle Reisz play on the piano?

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

5. What does Edna promise Madame Ratignolle?

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