The Awakening

Kate Chopin · 1899

Ten questions on plot, characters and themes. Take it free. Pass 7 of 10 to ace it.

Question 1 of 10

Who is the protagonist of the novel?

Adele Ratignolle, a devoted Creole motherMademoiselle Reisz, an unmarried pianistEdna Pontellier, a young married woman with two childrenMadame Lebrun, a widowed innkeeper

Question 2 of 10

Where does the novel begin?

In New Orleans, at a Mardi Gras ballAt a summer resort on Grand Isle, off the coast of LouisianaIn Paris, during a holiday abroadIn a country house in Kentucky

Question 3 of 10

Who is Edna's husband?

Robert Lebrun, a young charming man at the resortLéonce Pontellier, a respectable businessman often away on tripsAlcée Arobin, a fashionable city manDoctor Mandelet, the family physician

Question 4 of 10

With whom does Edna form a slow, unspoken romantic attachment at Grand Isle?

Robert Lebrun, the son of the boarding-house ownerAlcée ArobinMadame Ratignolle's husbandHer cousin from New Orleans

Question 5 of 10

Who is Mademoiselle Reisz?

Edna's old school friendAn unmarried, eccentric pianist whose music profoundly moves EdnaRobert's sisterA nun at the convent

Question 6 of 10

What does Edna learn to do during the summer that is treated as a symbolic event?

Cook traditional Creole dishesSpeak FrenchSwim, going further out alone for the first timePaint in watercolours

Question 7 of 10

Why does Robert leave for Mexico?

Because his mother sends him on businessBecause his affection for Edna is becoming too obvious and impossible, given that she is marriedBecause he has been offered a teaching postBecause he is fleeing creditors

Question 8 of 10

Whom does Edna take as a lover during Robert's absence?

Doctor MandeletAlcée Arobin, a man known in society for his easy affairsHer husband's business partnerShe takes no lover

Question 9 of 10

What does Edna do back in New Orleans, against her husband's wishes?

She enters a conventShe moves out of the family house into a small place of her own, paints, and refuses her social duties as a wifeShe files for divorce in courtShe takes their children and goes to live with her sister

Question 10 of 10

How does the novel end?

Edna returns to Grand Isle and walks into the sea, swimming further out than she can come back fromEdna and Robert marry secretly and move abroadEdna takes her children and starts a new life in ParisEdna reconciles with Léonce and abandons her artistic life

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