Question

select the correct text in the passage. kate chopin uses the technique of flashback in sections of her novel the awakening. which two lines in this passage from the novel form an example of flashback? edna had found her old bathing suit still hanging, faded, upon its accustomed peg. she put it on, leaving her clothing in the bath - house. but when she was there beside the sea, absolutely alone, she cast the unpleasant, pricking garments from her, and for the first time in her life she stood naked in the open air, at the mercy of the sun, the breeze that beat upon her, and the waves that invited her. how strange and awful it seemed to stand naked under the sky! how delicious she felt like some new - born creature, opening its eyes in a familiar world that it had never known. the foamy wavelets curled up to her white feet, and coiled like serpents about her ankles. she walked out. the water was chill, but she walked on. the water was deep, but she lifted her white body and reached out with a long, sweeping stroke. the touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace. she went on and on. she remembered the night she swam far out, and recalled the terror that seized her at the fear of being unable to regain the shore. she did not look back now, but went on and on, thinking of the blue - grass meadow that she had traversed when a little child, believing that it had no beginning and no end. her arms and legs were growing tired.

Explanation:

Flashback is a narrative technique where the author interrupts the present - day sequence of events to recall past events. The lines "She remembered the night she swam far out, and recalled the terror that seized her at the fear of being unable to regain the shore. She did not look back now, but went on and on, thinking of the blue - grass meadow that she had traversed when a little child, believing that it had no beginning and no end" show Edna recalling past events, one about swimming and the other about her childhood meadow.

Answer:

She remembered the night she swam far out, and recalled the terror that seized her at the fear of being unable to regain the shore.
She did not look back now, but went on and on, thinking of the blue - grass meadow that she had traversed when a little child, believing that it had no beginning and no end.