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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Robert tell Edna he is going?
2. What are the only items Edna takes on her move?
3. About what does Edna argue with her father?
4. Where does Edna take her father when he visits?
5. How many children does Edna have?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Edna learn when she returns from Chênière Caminada?
2. What does Mademoiselle Reisz show and tell Edna concerning Robert?
3. What story does Edna tell and how does she explain knowing of the story?
4. Why does Edna go to Madame Antoine's home?
5. Who is Robert LeBrun?
6. What does Edna find when she visits Mademoiselle Reisz and how does Edna react?
7. Why do Edna and her husband argue and what does each do?
8. What happens between Robert and Edna by the end of Chapter 35?
9. What does Madame worry about concerning Robert and Edna?
10. About what do Edna and her father argue and what does her father say to Léonce?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Awakening could be said to be a "bildungsroman" of Edna Pontellier, the narrator. Discuss the following:
1. Define the concepts "bildungsroman" and "coming of age."
2. Thoroughly trace and analyze The Awakening as a bildungsroman of Edna Pontellier. Give specific examples. What does Edna learn? How has she changed? Is the change for the better?
3. Thoroughly trace and analyze Athénaïse as a coming of age story. Give specific examples. What does Athénaïse learn? How has she changed? Is the change for the better?
Essay Topic 2
Certainly The Awakening and also most of Chopin's other short stories in this volume deal with the subject of gender. Discuss the following:
1. Define the term "gender."
2. Does gender only refer to whether a person is male or female? Is gender easy to identify?
3. Discuss the Creole cultural definitions of gender during the era of The Awakening and the expectations for each gender. Do any of those expectations exist today?
4. Discuss two short stories in which gender seems to be a theme. How is the theme treated? Would you like to live in a culture that has those expectations for men and women?
5. Are women the only ones harmed by gender-based expectations? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss one of the following in relation to The Awakening:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Edna Pontellier and Adèle Ratignolle. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Is either woman's beliefs more worthy than the other? Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Leonce Pontellier and Robert LeBrun. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
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