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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Edna cry after Robert leaves?
(a) She just then realizes how infatuated she is with him.
(b) Her husband wants a divorce.
(c) She learns her husband is having an affair.
(d) She doesn't want to go back to the city.

3. What does Edna begin attending?
(a) The horse races.
(b) The theater.
(c) The symphony.
(d) Noon mass.

4. Where does Edna plan to move?
(a) New York.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Into a smaller house nearby.
(d) Grand Isle.

5. What does the character finally do?
(a) Ventures completely into the outside world.
(b) Leaps off the tree and flies.
(c) Seeks vengeance against its master.
(d) Lets itself die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the opening setting for the novelette The Awakening?

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

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

4. What is the first kiss to which Edna has ever responded?

5. What does Edna promise Madame Ratignolle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene when Victor upsets Edna.

2. What does the creature finally do?

3. What is Edna's life like in New Orleans?

4. What does Edna start attending?

5. Why does Edna go to Madame Antoine's home?

6. How does Edna plan to pay for her move?

7. Where does Robert decide to go and how does Edna react?

8. Describe one of Edna's childhood crushes.

9. How does the creature survive and how does it see?

10. Describe Mildred's first meeting with the "farm worker."

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