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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 14-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. Pontellier stop reading his newspaper?
(a) He gets a telegraph.
(b) His back hurts and he is uncomfortable.
(c) He gets a telephone call.
(d) He cannot read it with any

2. Why does Edna choose to remain in the hammock?
(a) She has always preferred hammocks to beds.
(b) She feels that her will had blazed up, stubborn and resistant.
(c) She likes the salty air.
(d) She thinks it may make Leonce romantic.

3. Where is Leonce when Edna returns from the Cheniere?
(a) He is now at the Cheniere.
(b) He is walking along the beach.
(c) He is at Klein's.
(d) He went to Madame Antoine's.

4. After declining Robert's invitation to go to the beach, how does Edna feel?
(a) She feels relieved, because she cannot swim.
(b) She feels contradictory, regretting she had not gone and glad that she had not.
(c) She feels sad, because it might the last time he ever asks her.
(d) She is glad to be alone and painting

5. What does Edna see when Mademoiselle Reisz plays?
(a) Herself playing the piano
(b) The future in gross detail
(c) Nothing. But she feels passions that make her choke with tears.
(d) Her life unfold like a beautiful flower

Short Answer Questions

1. Who approaches Mr. Pontellier underneath a white sunshade?

2. What had Edna attempted to learn all summer?

3. Raoul's condition prompts Mr. Pontellier to accuse his wife of:

4. How does Edna react to the news she learns at dinner?

5. Edna gradually awakens, as if from a dream to feel:

(see the answer key)

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