The Awakening Ch 1-5

Why does Edna not "Feel at home" in Grand Isle, according to Ch. 4? What can you infer in this quote? Mrs. Pontellier, though she had married a Creole, was not thoroughly at home in the society of Creoles. Never before had she been thrown so intimately among them (52).

• She misses her home in Kentucky

• She feels like an American

• She wants to have job opportunities and struggles to support her children

• Mrs. Pontellier felt as though she did not fit in and belong because everyone at Grand Isle was Creole

In ch. 3, once Mr. Pontellier is asleep, Mrs. Pontellier leaves the room

• and reads a book

• and cries almost uncontrollably because he blames her for Raoul's fever

• and writes a letter to her father

• and devises a scheme to move out

Who is the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm, also known as a "mother-woman"?

• Madame Lebrun

• Adele Ratignolle

• The Woman in Black

• Celestine

What has Robert done pretty much every summer at Grande Isle?

• He has built a house

• He has written a novel

• gone fishing

• He would devote himself to one married woman

Mr. Pontellier enjoys passing in his time

• Reading his newspaper

• Swimming with Edna

• At Klein's hotel for drinks and gambling

• Both A & C

Analyze this quote: Mrs. Pontellier's eyes were quick and bright . . . she had a way of turning them swiftly upon an object and holding them there as if lost in some inward maze of contemplation or thought (46)

• Edna feels angry and lost

• Edna begins to examine her life and how she wants to be free and live better

• Edna feels overjoyed at how life is now

• Edna wishes she could travel more

At the beginning of Ch. 3, when Mr. Pontellier returns home from being out, the tone is __________ and after he has a conversation with Edna waking her up from sleep, the tone changes to __________

• peaceful and changes to fast-paced

• jovial (happy) and changes to tense

• calming and changes to loud

• Angry and changes to happy

What does Mr. Pontellier do after he returns to the city to work and why does he do this for Edna?

• Sends Edna a fruit basket with pate, jams, syrups & bonbons to make up for being mean

• Invites her out to have dinner and wants to make things right

• Sends Edna flowers to apologize for yelling at her.

• None of the Above

Why did Mrs. Pontellier become friends with Adele Ratignolle in Ch. 4?

• They shared a desire for swim lessons with Robert

• Adele had a talent for being a hostess

• She was very popular in Grand Isle

• Adele was known as beautiful, known as "embodiment of every womanly grace and charm"

What can you infer in this quote? Robert crossed over and seated himself upon the step below Mrs. Pontellier, that he might watch her work. She handled her brushes with a certain ease and freedom which came, not from long and close acquaintance with them (55). Check all that apply

• Robert enjoyed studying Edna's painting and her moves

• Robert found Edna very sensuous, interesting and attractive

• Robert does not know what he wants in life

• Both A & B