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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. Edna and Robert finally kiss. Who made the first move?
2. Why does Edna tell Victor to stop singing?
3. Who is Alcee Arobin?
4. Of what does Edna speak with authority?
5. Why did Robert leave Mexico?
Short Essay Questions
1. Are Robert Lebrun and Alcee Arobin alike? Or are they dramatically different from one another?
2. Once Edna has decided to move, does she want to discuss it with Leonce?
3. Why does Mademoiselle Reisz play the Chopin piece? Is this an instance of foreshadowing?
4. Why did Robert not write to Edna from Mexico?
5. Edna goes to Mademoiselle Reisz's for refuge, as well as to find out the latest news about Robert. What happens when she is at Mademoiselle Reisz's alone, waiting for the pianist, and Robert shows up out of the blue?
6. Why does Edna feel strong and confident in the pigeon-house?
7. Why does the photo of Alcee Arobin upset Robert so much when he goes back to the pigeon-house with her?
8. In addition to her move, what occasion is the group celebrating?
9. Why does Edna call her move and dinner party a "coup d'etat"?
10. Is Leonce at all worried about the breakup of his marriage emotionally? Is he making arrangements to hide his real feelings?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the author depict Edna's sense of being suffocated by the cultural restrictions on women in the 19th century? Do you think it is a fair assessment of how women lived during that time?
Essay Topic 2
When Edna and Dr. Mandelet leave the Ratignolle house (Chapter 38), the doctor says "It seems to me my dear child, you seem to me to be in trouble." Although he does not ask her what is bothering her, he offers to hear her out and help her. He also believes that he knows what is troubling her. Could he have saved her if she had let him?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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