The Awakening Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Awakening Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Robert say in response to Edna's comment that they have spent the entire day together?
(a) He is embarrassed at the remark and turns away.
(b) He does not really care, so he has no response.
(c) He does not think that is correct.
(d) All but the hundred years she was sleeping

2. What starts to change in Edna this summer at Grande Isle?
(a) The mantel of openness that had always enveloped her is tightening.
(b) The mantel of reservation that had always enveloped her is loosening.
(c) She longs to have another child.
(d) The idea of living here year-round is gaining its appeal.

3. Describe Mrs. Pontellier's eyes.
(a) Quick, bright, yellowish brown, about the color of her hair
(b) Green and grayish at the same time
(c) It is impossible to see her eyes hidden behind sunglasses
(d) Dull, slow, blue like the sky

4. Edna wonders how many years she has slept. Robert says:
(a) You have slept exactly one hundred minutes.
(b) You have slept precisely one hundred years.
(c) An entire day
(d) About half an hour

5. What has Robert done pretty much every summer at Grande Isle?
(a) He would devote himself to one married woman.
(b) He has written a novel.
(c) He has built a house.
(d) Gone fishing

6. Who, according to Madame Ratignolle, was naughty?
(a) Etienne, one of Edna's sons
(b) Raoul
(c) Adele herself
(d) Leonce

7. What characteristic of the Creoles "impresses" Mrs. Pontellier?
(a) Their ability to drink a lot
(b) Their endurance especially when swimming
(c) Their literary knowledge
(d) Their entire absence of prudery

8. What does Edna do after her conversation with Mademoiselle Reisz?
(a) She goes for a walk.
(b) She announces she is going to renew her vows to Leonce.
(c) She plunges into the ocean with abandon.
(d) She tries to find Robert's contact information.

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

10. What does Edna do that surprises everyone?
(a) She jumps into the ocean and swims by herself.
(b) She runs up and down the beach like a madwoman.
(c) She takes surfing lessons.
(d) She forces Leonce to swim with her.

11. What does Robert talk a great deal about?
(a) His mother
(b) His brother
(c) Mexico
(d) Himself

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

13. What does Madame Ratignolle think of the Mexicans?
(a) She confuses them with the Spanish.
(b) She knows nothing of them and is very curious.
(c) They are a treacherous, unscrupulous and revengeful people.
(d) They are the most delightful people she knows.

14. What does Victor say has changed Edna?
(a) The city atmosphere
(b) Her sense of style
(c) Her new confidence
(d) His being around her

15. Raoul's condition prompts Mr. Pontellier to accuse his wife of:
(a) Neglecting their children
(b) Giving Raoul the wrong medicine
(c) Hating him
(d) Being a great mother

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edna call the piece she often hears Mademoiselle Reisz play?

2. What does Mr. Pontellier promise to bring back for his sons?

3. How has Robert's going away affected Edna?

4. Once Mr. Pontellier is asleep, Mrs. Pontellier leaves the room and:

5. Leonce is so dissatisfied with dinner he leaves to:

(see the answer keys)

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