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

2. What does Mary say when the police pick up after she calls them?
(a) There has been a murder
(b) Quick! Come quick! Patrick’s dead!
(c) My husband has been attacked
(d) I need an ambulance

3. What kind of meat does Mary take from the freezer in the story?
(a) A leg of lamb
(b) A string of sausages
(c) A whole salmon
(d) A venison roast

4. How long does Patrick remain standing before he crashes to the carpet?
(a) 4-5 seconds
(b) 2-3 seconds
(c) 15-20 seconds
(d) 5-10 seconds

5. What word from the story means a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law?
(a) Penalty
(b) Motive
(c) Evidence
(d) Judgment

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Mary go after leaving Patrick in the living room in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

3. What does Mary offer to get Patrick, but is turned down, after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

4. Patrick tells Mary after relating his story that “there needn’t really be any” what?

5. How many notes does the police detective have when he returns from checking Mary’s alibi at the store?

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