The Awakening Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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 - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 138 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Where is Leonce when Edna returns from the Cheniere?

2. How does Mrs. Pontellier react when her husband comes home from Klein's?

3. Who does Edna ask the little Negro girl to wake up?

4. Who is the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm?

5. What does Edna do at Madame Antoine's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Edna and Adele grow close. How are they different?

2. The author says that Edna's will had blazed up. However, Leonce has a strong will, too. What is going on in this chapter? How is the Pontellier marriage changing?

3. Why does Edna throw such a violent fit after Leonce takes off to have dinner at the club?

4. Why does Adele urge Robert not to pursue Edna?

5. Why doe Edna feel so comfortable in Madame Antoine's house right away?

6. What do you think compelled Edna to jump into the ocean for a swim?

7. What do you think the author means when she says Edna was beginning to understand her place in the universe as a woman and as a human being?

8. Madame Ratignolle--what kind of woman is she?

9. Is Leonce at all upset that his wife has been away with another man?

10. What is the first thing that Edna wonders after she wakes up at Madame Antoine's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edna could have insisted that Robert come with her to the Ratignolle's house but did not. If they had gone together, would they have had a chance at a lifetime of happiness, or, were they doomed no matter what?

Essay Topic 2

Is The Awakening a critique of women's stature in the late 19th century? Was Kate Chopin taking a risk by writing this at the time she did?

Essay Topic 3

While on Grande Isle, Edna says she could never give herself for her children. She could give just about anything such as possessions and money, but not herself. What did she mean by that?

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