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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Respectable Woman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bobinôt want of Calixta?
(a) To borrow money.
(b) To borrow her horse.
(c) For her to bake him a cake.
(d) To marry her.

2. Where does Edna see Robert?
(a) At a cafe.
(b) At mass.
(c) At her home.
(d) At Grand Isle.

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

4. Why does Mildred feel ashamed?
(a) She tells her father she will not marry the man he wants her to marry.
(b) She lets a man embrace and kiss her.
(c) She does not send her mother any money that month.
(d) She doesn't really want to go to church.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Edna yearn?

2. Who is Léonce Pontellier?

3. Why is Léonce Pontellier concerned?

4. Where does the main character live?

5. Why is Edna's family opposed to marriage to Léonce?

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