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The Awakening
Kate Chopin
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Chapters I–V
Chapters VI–IX
Chapters X–XIV
Chapters XV–XIX
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Chapters XXV–XXIX
Chapters XXX–XXXV
Chapters XXXVI–XXXIX
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Edna Pontellier
Mademoiselle Reisz
Adèle Ratignolle
Robert Lebrun
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Chapters I–V
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Chapters XXXVI–XXXIX
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Edna Pontellier
Robert Lebrun
Mademoiselle Reisz
Adèle Ratignolle
Alcée Arobin
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Chapters 1-5 Quiz
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Chapters 1-5 Quiz
1
of 5
What invitation does Robert Lebrun decline when he meets Léonce Pontellier outside the guesthouse at Grand Isle?
To play billiards
To fistfight
To stay for dinner
To take a stroll
2
of 5
Where does Edna tell Robert she grew up?
On the Mississippi
Mobile, Alabama
Montreal, Quebec
Kentucky bluegrass country
3
of 5
How does Léonce accuse Edna of behaving toward their children?
With "pliability"
With "constant irritation"
With "overzealous attention"
With "habitual neglect"
4
of 5
Who does Léonce see as the embodiment of the mother-woman ideal?
Edna Pontellier
The woman in black
Adèle Ratignolle
Madame Lebrun
5
of 5
As Edna sketches Adèle, what gesture of affection does she reject from Robert?
A kiss
A shoulder massage
His head on her arm
Holding hands
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