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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. Of what is Cazeau reminded when he goes to fetch his wife?
(a) Going to market.
(b) The way his friends laughed when he told them who he planned to marry.
(c) A slave his father once had to retrieve.
(d) A saying his mother told him on his wedding day.

2. What does Désirée husband do soon after their first child is born?
(a) Withdraws his affections.
(b) Divorces her.
(c) Kills her.
(d) Sticks by her.

3. What does Edna find when she gets home?
(a) A note from Robert telling her where to meet him.
(b) Her son who is quite ill.
(c) A note from Robert saying he had to go.
(d) Her husband who is in a rage.

4. Who breaks the news gently to a loved one of the accident?
(a) Louise.
(b) John.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Brently.

5. What does Armand's mother say in a letter to Armand's father?
(a) That she had a daughter she puts up for adoption.
(b) That she does not want Armand.
(c) That she hates her husband.
(d) That she is black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What warms the character?

2. About what do Léonce Pontellier and Edna often argue?

3. Though Edna has fallen from her high position in society, what does she feel has improved?

4. Why does Edna think Robert does not love her?

5. Who is Dr. Mandelet?

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