“it's very dull without him,” she admitted. mr. pontellier had seen robert in the city, and edna asked him a dozen questions or more. where had they met? on carondelet street, in the morning. they had gone "in" and had a drink and a cigar together. what had they talked about? chiefly about his prospects in mexico, which mr. pontellier thought were promising. how did he look? how did he seem—grave, or gay, or how? quite cheerful, and wholly taken up with the idea of his trip, which mr. pontellier found altogether natural in a young fellow about to seek fortune and adventure in a strange, queer country.

—the awakening,
kate chopin

what effect do the repeated questions have on the passage?

they show how jealous mr. pontellier is of robert.

they show how eager edna is to learn about robert.

they show how curious edna is about mr. pontellier’s trip.

they show edna’s disinterest in the conversation.

They show how eager Edna is to learn about Robert.

Explanation:

So this conversation is taking place between Mr. Pontellier and Edna. Earlier Mr. Pontellier met Robert, so now Edna asks all these questions in order to gain some information about Robert.

From the first sentence on this passage we can see that Edna misses Robert a lot and finds it quite boring without him.

This continuous streak of questions shows to which extent Edna misses Robert.

They show how jealous Mr. Pontellier is of Robert. - this can not be concluded from the given passage

They show how curious Edna is about Mr. Pontellier’s trip.  - Edna does show some curiosity  for the Mr. Pontellier`s trip, however this is not because of the trip itself, it is because of Robert whom he had met on the trip.

They show Edna’s disinterest in the conversation. - this can not be concluded from the given passage

she was killed in her home during hurricane katrina. b.she was relocated to another town after hurricane katrina. c.she died trying to get victims of the hurricane to safety. d.she is still missing — police do not know where she is.

the red coloration of the lungs looks alarming and adds to the overall message that the flu is threatening apex