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4. In a story by this author, the potentially lesbian Adrienne drops flowers on a convent’s portico, which
are swept away after she is barred from it. In a story by this author of “Lilacs,” a character “disappeared
among the reeds and willows” after being dismissed by her husband, who almost burns a letter that
describes how he “will never know… his mother.” This author created a woman who whispers “body and
soul free” before dying when her husband returns home. (*) Armand discovers his mixed-race blood in a
story by this author, who wrote a novel in which a friend of Mademoiselle Reisz (“rise”) walks into the sea after
a failed relationship with Robert Lebrun. For 10 points, name this author of “Désirée’s Baby,” “The Story of an
Hour,” and The Awakening.
ANSWER: Kate Chopin [or Katherine O’Flaherty]
<Yingzhi Nyang, Literature- American- Short Fiction> ~25962~ <Editor: Chandler West>(from 2023 NSC, Round 19)
