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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rather than paint, what does Mr. Pontellier think his wife should be doing?
(a) Volunteering at a hospital
(b) Going back to school
(c) Getting a job
(d) Looking after the children and household

2. When talking to both Adele and Edna, Robert is jovial and jokes often. Is he this way when alone with Edna?
(a) No, he is not.
(b) It depends on whether her husband is in the room.
(c) Yes, he is.
(d) The author gives few clues as to how he behaves when alone with Edna.

3. Alone in her room, what does Edna do?
(a) She cuts up the linens with sharp scissors.
(b) She laughs uncontrollably.
(c) She packs her bags but decides not to leave.
(d) She tears up a handkerchief, stomps on her wedding ring and smashes a vase.

4. On the advice of Dr. Mandelet, what does Leonce decide to do?
(a) Not bring her to New York with him
(b) Divorce her
(c) Send her back to Kentucky
(d) Institutionalize her

5. 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 sad, because it might the last time he ever asks her.
(c) She feels contradictory, regretting she had not gone and glad that she had not.
(d) She is glad to be alone and painting

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edna finally admit to Mademoiselle Reisz?

2. What does Victor say has changed Edna?

3. What do Robert and Edna do before Mr. Pontellier returns to the cottage?

4. Around what time does Edna finally get up?

5. Edna thinks her husband's bad humor is because of:

(see the answer key)

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