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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. What does Cazeau sense when he embraces Athénaïse?
(a) That she has no emotions.
(b) That she still does not love him.
(c) That she is insane.
(d) That she is different.

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

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

4. What does Edna do in her distress?
(a) Says mean things to Robert.
(b) Slaps Robert.
(c) Says mean things to Victor.
(d) Swims out too far into the Gulf and drowns.

5. What is one other Chopin piece in which Gouvernail appears?
(a) The Awakening.
(b) "Désirée's Baby."
(c) "A Pair of Silk Stockings."
(d) "A Gentleman of Bayou Têche."

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day does Edna receive visitors at her home?

2. Of what does Edna remind Robert?

3. What does Dr. Mandelet ask about Edna?

4. What has Robert been teaching Edna?

5. Where does Mildred want the farm worker who retrieves her papers to take her?

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