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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lamb to the Slaughter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator compares “that warm male glow that came out of him to her when they were alone together” to what in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A geyser
(b) The sun
(c) Lava
(d) A fire

2. What refers to the defense by an accused person of having been elsewhere at the time an alleged offense was committed?
(a) Motive
(b) Sentence
(c) Alibi
(d) Prosecution

3. How are Mary’s eyes described in the story?
(a) Beady
(b) Slanted
(c) Large
(d) Small

4. What literary style that applies to “Lamb to the Slaughter” refers to the use of the grotesque, morbid, or absurd for darkly comic purposes?
(a) Black humor
(b) Assonance
(c) Alliteration
(d) Metaphor

5. Mary is awaiting her husband’s arrival from where in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A funeral
(b) Work
(c) The grocery store
(d) The butcher

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Patrick say when Mary “began to get frightened” in the first section of the story?

2. When Mary leaves the store, she tells herself that she’s returning home to do what?

3. What dessert does Mary purchase at the store?

4. What is Mary’s response when she sees Patrick’s body after returning from the store?

5. How is Patrick said to travel in relation to Mary as he relates his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

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