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A Charles Darwin-influenced section of this novel describes a “keen tremor” that runs down a woman’s spine while listening to a performance of “Zampa.” While reading a letter in this novel, a woman listens to an Impromptu by a “disagreeable little woman” wearing artificial violets. A woman breaks a (20[1])wine glass in this novel after Victor sings (*) “Si tu savais.” Twins (10[1])play piano (10[1])in this novel’s (10[1])first chapter, which opens with “allez vous-en!” (10[1])being repeated by a parrot. While at Grand Isle in this novel, Mademoiselle Reisz (“rize”) claims a reluctant wife is “the only person worth playing for.” After Robert (10[1])Lebrun leaves her, Edna Pontellier drowns in the Gulf of Mexico in, for 10 points, what novel by Kate Chopin? ■END■

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