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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. To whom does Mary call out when she returns from the store?
(a) Ben
(b) Jack
(c) Sam
(d) Patrick

2. Where does Mary tell the police officer on the phone that Patrick is when she calls them?
(a) On the stairs
(b) Slumped over the sofa
(c) In his chair
(d) Lying on the floor

3. 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) Assonance
(b) Metaphor
(c) Black humor
(d) Alliteration

4. What is Mary’s presumed reason for killing her husband in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Mary kills him because he lost his job
(b) Mary kills him because he is an alcoholic
(c) Mary kills him because he is leaving her
(d) Mary kills him because he won’t attend church

5. The narrator's description of Mary and her husband’s home leads the reader to assume they fit into what economic bracket?
(a) Middle class
(b) Lower class
(c) Ruling class
(d) Upper class

Short Answer Questions

1. Mary’s feelings for her husband in the beginning of the story are defined in which way?

2. What is Mary’s response when Patrick tells her, “Listen, I’ve got something to tell you”?

3. What beverage is sitting out as Mary waits in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. One of the officers in the kitchen says of the murder weapon, “"Personally, I think it's” where?

5. As the search goes on, Mary knows that there are other policemen searching where?

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