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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Alcee finally say goodnight to Edna?
(a) When she orders him to leave
(b) When she says goodbye first
(c) When she became supple to his gentle seductive entreaties
(d) He does not because he stays until the morning.

2. How does Robert react to the sight of Alcee's photograph?
(a) With coolness
(b) Sadly
(c) Angrily
(d) Quizzically

3. How does Edna feel once her father and husband are gone?
(a) She is miserable.
(b) She is lost as to how to occupy herself.
(c) She is lonely.
(d) She is happy to be alone and feels free.

4. What is a griffe?
(a) A person uniquely gifted in voodoo
(b) A person of mixed-race heritage, typically mulatto and American Indian parentage
(c) A French quarter grifter
(d) It is short for Giraffe.

5. Why did Robert never reveal his true feelings to Edna before?
(a) She was not free.
(b) He was worried she would not understand.
(c) He thought she would make fun of him.
(d) He was not sure of how he felt until this moment.

6. How do the Pontellier children feel about their house being renovated?
(a) Excited
(b) They do not understand.
(c) Upset
(d) Confused

7. Why does Edna not want to go abroad?
(a) She cannot stand traveling with Leonce.
(b) She does not want to be forced into doing things she does not want to do anymore.
(c) She does not like foreign travel.
(d) She prefers domestic travel.

8. What does Edna receive with her husband's letter of disapproval?
(a) Nothing
(b) Instructions to contact an architect to remodel their house
(c) Instructions to contact a lawyer to start their divorce
(d) Instructions on how to get to this mother's house

9. Where does Arobin urge Edna to go with him?
(a) Paris
(b) Shell Road
(c) The French Quarter
(d) Bourbon Street

10. Of what does Edna speak with authority?
(a) Race horses
(b) Alcohol
(c) High society
(d) Gambling

11. Why does Edna tell Victor to stop singing?
(a) He is a terrible singer.
(b) He is singing a song that Robert often sang to her.
(c) She hates that song.
(d) She wants to sing.

12. Does Robert know that Edna is reading his letters to Mademoiselle Reisz?
(a) Yes, that is why he keeps writing
(b) Yes but he does not seem to care
(c) No, or he would stop writing
(d) It is possible but not clear

13. Where will Edna move?
(a) Her mother-in-law's house in the countryside
(b) Another grand house on the other side of town
(c) A little house around the corner
(d) A totally different city

14. What does Edna finally admit to Mademoiselle Reisz?
(a) That she is not in love with anyone and wants to be alone
(b) That she does not love Leonce
(c) That she is in love with Alcee
(d) That she is in love with Robert

15. What explanation does Robert give for not writing to Edna?
(a) He could not find pen and paper.
(b) The postal rates were too high.
(c) He thought writing to Mademoiselle Reisz was enough.
(d) He thought she would not find his letters interesting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mr. Pontellier discuss with the doctor?

2. Why is Doctor Mandelet not bothered by Madame Ratignolle's complaints?

3. Edna's father believes her marriage would be stronger if:

4. Why does Edna have to suddenly leave Robert?

5. What does Victor take from Mrs. Highcamp?

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