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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Pair of Silk Stockings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Léonce think Edna spends too much time?
(a) Shopping.
(b) With the children instead of letting the nanny care for them.
(c) In her art studio.
(d) In bed.

2. What does Armand want Désirée to do?
(a) Find out if someone in her ancestry is negro.
(b) Swear to the local priest that she is white.
(c) Stay with him no matter what.
(d) Leave.

3. What kind of woman does Edna tell Alcée she is?
(a) A whore.
(b) She does not know.
(c) A little girl inside a grown woman.
(d) She does not bring up the subject with Alcée.

4. What does Edna do in response to her thwarted need?
(a) Tries to kill Léonce.
(b) Tries to kill herself.
(c) Tries to destroy her wedding ring.
(d) Nothing.

5. Who is at Mademoiselle Reisz's home when Edna goes for a visit?
(a) Robert.
(b) No one; she is not home.
(c) Victor.
(d) Léonce.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mildred decide to do?

2. What does Cazeau sense when he embraces Athénaïse?

3. Where does Mrs. Sommers go after the store?

4. Who is Gouvernail?

5. What does Léonce write to Edna?

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