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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Edna's family opposed to marriage to Léonce?
(a) He has no family in the United States.
(b) He is Catholic.
(c) He is from Mexico.
(d) He is poor.

2. What happens when the character looks out from its home?
(a) It is happy.
(b) It is sorry to see how bad it is out there.
(c) It sees the outside world.
(d) It learns there are others like it.

3. Why does Robert say Edna is cruel?
(a) For calling him impotent.
(b) For letting him see her with Alcée.
(c) For pressuring him into saying things he should not.
(d) For calling him a Mama's boy.

4. What does Madame Ratignolle tell Edna to remember?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her honor.
(c) Her soul.
(d) Her husband.

5. Where does the main character live?
(a) In the desert.
(b) In a cage.
(c) In the treetops.
(d) In a cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the character crouch?

2. For whom does Mr. Sublet ask when he visits Bayou Têche?

3. Why does Clarisse follow Alcée to the ball?

4. Why does Edna cry after Robert leaves?

5. What is Edna thinking about as she returns home from the Ratignolle home?

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