Awakening

Who says "how do you like my music? You are the only one worth playing for."

• a. Edna

• b. Mademoiselle Reisz

• c. Captain Crunch

Why does Robert say he ran away to Mexico?

• To make money so he could come back and provide for Edna

• To begin a new life

• To escape his love for Edna

• He met someone new

Who does Edna unexpectedly run into at Mademoiselle Reisz's house?

• Robert

• Victor

• Leonce

• Arobin

True or False: Edna thinks about Arobin in the final moments of the novel.

• True

• False

In chapter 10, the contrast between Edna’s looking out toward the open sea and looking back toward shore suggests all of the following except Edna’s

• realization that she cannot return to the way things once were.

• persistent fear of the unknown.

• hesitation to embrace total freedom.

• loss of perception of her future and past.

• desire to embrace infinity.

Chapter 1 presents Mr. Pontellier as a

• kindly old gentleman.

• complacent, mildly selfish man.

• loving husband and father.

• jealous lover.

• Arrogant aristocrat

All of the following motifs are introduced in chapter 1 except

• Mr. Pontellier’s failure to understand and appreciate his wife.

• Edna’s and Robert’s attraction.

• the leisurely boredom of this upper-middle-class life.

• the role of social propriety.

• Edna’s growing dissatisfaction with her life.

The purpose of the French-speaking parrot at the beginning chapter 1 is most likely to

• foreshadow Edna’s flight from her marriage.

• emphasize Mr. Pontellier’s temper.

• symbolize the French-speaking Creole culture.

• warn Mr. Pontellier of impending danger.

• draw attention to Robert Lebrun’s mother.

In chapter 1, the fact that Mr. Pontellier leaves Robert and Edna together when he goes to Klein’s hotel is an early indication of his

• absolute trust of Edna.

• complacent indifference to Edna.

• complete supremacy over Edna.

• deep admiration of Robert.

• condescension toward Robert.

Chapter 1 suggests that Mr. Pontellier

• hates birds.

• is a compulsive gambler.

• adores his wife and family.

• is jealous of Robert.

• considers his wife a possession.