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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How are Mary’s eyes described in the story?
(a) Large
(b) Small
(c) Beady
(d) Slanted
2. As Patrick begins to talk to Mary, the lamplight leaves what aspects of his face in shadow?
(a) His cheek and eyebrow
(b) His nose and hair
(c) His chin and mouth
(d) His hair and ears
3. From what narrative tense is “Lamb to the Slaughter” related?
(a) Present possessive tense
(b) Past tense
(c) Future imperfect tense
(d) Present tense
4. Mary is told by the policemen that her husband has been killed with what weapon?
(a) A heavy blunt instrument
(b) A large caliber firearm
(c) A sharp knife
(d) A small caliber firearm
5. Mary overhears the police detective telling another that the store clerk said Mary’s behavior was what?
(a) Quite normal
(b) Very strange
(c) Overly giddy
(d) Slightly paranoid
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Mary’s response when Patrick tells her, “Listen, I’ve got something to tell you”?
2. How are Mary’s actions described when she kills her husband?
3. What is the first question that Mary asks Patrick after he arrives home?
4. Where does Mary say there’s “plenty of meat and stuff” after Patrick’s arrival?
5. What does Mary request while she’s rehearsing in her room after killing Patrick?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where in the story does the denouement take place? What happens in the denouement?
2. What transitions did American culture (and European culture) and society make in the 1950s?
3. What is the central example of dramatic irony in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
4. How is the theme of passivity in “Lamb to the Slaughter” illustrated through Patrick’s character?
5. Who is Sergeant Noonan in the story? When does he arrive in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
6. Why do you think the author chooses not to detail Patrick’s story to the reader?
7. What is foreshadowed by Patrick’s action of downing of his drink in the story?
8. How does Mary’s character transform after hearing Patrick’s news in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
9. What can be seen as ironic in Mary’s ability to evade suspicion and prosecution in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
10. What conversation between Mary and Sergeant Noonan leads to the destruction of the evidence in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
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