View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mary doing as she enters her home from the store?
(a) Humming and smiling
(b) Laughing and giggling
(c) Frowning and praying
(d) Crying and thinking

2. Mary hides the truth about Patrick’s murder to presumably protect whom?
(a) Her mother
(b) Her unborn child
(c) Patrick’s lover
(d) Her secret lover

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

4. What is described in the Thermos bucket in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A bottle of beer
(b) Fresh ice cubes
(c) A bottle of champagne
(d) Stagnant water

5. The plot structure of “Lamb to the Slaughter” depicts which qualities?
(a) It follows a traditional plot line
(b) It follows an anticlimactic plot line
(c) It follows a postmodern plot line
(d) It follows a nonlinear plot line

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meat from the freezer wrapped in?

2. From what narrative point of view is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?

3. Which object from “Lamb to the Slaughter” symbolizes “revenge”?

4. Who is the first police officer to examine Patrick’s body?

5. How are Mary’s actions described when she kills her husband?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 227 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample