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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) Metaphor
(c) Assonance
(d) Black humor

2. What kind of air is described about Mary and “everything she did” in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A quick frantic air
(b) A methodical air
(c) A free-spirited air
(d) A slow smiling air

3. 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 won’t attend church
(d) Mary kills him because he is leaving her

4. What time does the clock say when Mary begins to listen for her husband’s arrival in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) 3:30 p.m.
(b) 8:05 p.m.
(c) 5:15 p.m.
(d) 4:50 p.m.

5. What overturns when Patrick falls to his death in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A bookshelf
(b) A radio
(c) A small table
(d) A lamp

6. Which object from “Lamb to the Slaughter” symbolizes “revenge”?
(a) The leg of lamb
(b) The newspaper article
(c) The pastry string
(d) The wall clock

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

8. Who arrives after the police detectives to investigate Patrick’s death?
(a) O'Malley
(b) A police photographer
(c) Sergeant Noonan
(d) A doctor

9. How is the drink that Mary mixes for Patrick described after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Strongish
(b) Just right
(c) Weakish
(d) Ice cold

10. What is the first sound that Mary hears of her husband’s arrival in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) Coughing
(b) A creaking gate
(c) Singing
(d) Tires on the gravel

11. What color is Patrick’s second drink that he makes for himself described as?
(a) Light crimson
(b) Dark amber
(c) Black
(d) Light brown

12. Patrick tells Mary that what he has to say will be what to her in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) A bit of a shock
(b) Somewhat of a relief
(c) Not what she wants to hear
(d) Potentially crushing

13. One of the officers in the kitchen says “That’s a hell of a big” what that was “used to hit poor Patrick”?
(a) Club
(b) Brick
(c) Board
(d) Log

14. The narrator states in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter,” that the time when Mary’s husband arrives home is always what kind of “time of day” for her?
(a) Jealous
(b) Blissful
(c) Mediocre
(d) Maddening

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that Mary “loved to” do what “in the presence of this man” (Patrick) in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. What dessert does Mary purchase at the store?

3. As Patrick begins to talk to Mary, the lamplight leaves what aspects of his face in shadow?

4. 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?

5. How long does Patrick remain standing before he crashes to the carpet?

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