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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. Who has a weak heart?
2. What does Armand's mother say in a letter to Armand's father?
3. How does Louise die?
4. Who does Alcée flirt with at the ball?
5. What does Mrs. Baroda say about her husband wanting Gouvernail for a second visit?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Armand withdraw from Désirée?
2. What does Alcée write to his wife and what is her response?
3. What does Clarisse do when she learns Alcée is going to see Calixta and why does she do what she does?
4. What does Louise Mallard learn and how does she learn of it?
5. What changes everything for Athénaïse and what does she do?
6. How does Mrs. Baroda's feelings alter towards Gouvernail and what does she do?
7. What does Gabriel tell Tnate Elodie and what does she say in response?
8. What does Désirée do after Armand tells her to leave?
9. How does Athénaïse develop a relationship with Gouvernail?
10. How does Mrs. Sommers spend her fifteen dollars?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss one of the following:
1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in The Awakening or three of the short stories. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?
2. Trace and analyze the theme of mental/emotional illness or immaturity in The Awakening or three of the short stories. Which characters struggle with some sort of emotional illness? Why? Which characters seem really healthy emotionally/mentally? Why?
3. Trace and analyze the theme of tradition in The Awakening or three of the short stories. What is Leonce's view of tradition? Edna's? Robert? Alcee? Adele? What is the view towards tradition of two of the characters in each short story you choose? Why is tradition important to some characters? Is anyone willing to abandon traditional viewpoints? Who? What are the positive and negative sides to tradition?
Essay Topic 2
Often titles reveal much about one or more aspects of a novel. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think is the purpose of a title? How closely related to a major theme(s) of a book do you think a title should be? Or should it be?
2. The Awakening seems to suggest someone has awakened who was asleep. Discuss this title and the theme behind it.
3. If you were the writer of The Awakening and your editor says the title must be changed, what would you choose? Why?
4. Discuss the titles of two of the short stories and their meanings in the context of the story. Evaluate the effectiveness of the title.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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