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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. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was written and is presumably set in what era?
(a) The 1920s
(b) The 1940s
(c) The 1930s
(d) The 1950s
2. What is the store clerk’s response when Mary asks him if he thinks her dinner will be all right despite being cooked from frozen?
(a) Personally, I will only eat them fresh
(b) Personally, I would thaw it first
(c) I wouldn’t know, I am a vegetarian
(d) Personally, I don’t believe it makes any difference
3. From what narrative tense is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?
(a) Past tense
(b) Future imperfect tense
(c) Present tense
(d) Present possessive tense
4. Mary is awaiting her husband’s arrival from where in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Work
(b) The grocery store
(c) A funeral
(d) The butcher
5. What does Mary take when she runs downstairs after rehearsing in her room?
(a) Her coat
(b) Her purse
(c) Her hat
(d) Her shoes
Short Answer Questions
1. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?
2. What are the first thoughts that Mary thinks after killing her husband?
3. What word from the short story means to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination?
4. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was initially rejected by what periodical for publication?
5. How are the curtains arranged in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
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