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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How is Patrick said to travel in relation to Mary as he relates his story in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
2. Mary tells Patrick that he can eat his dinner where in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
3. One of the police detectives asks Mary if anything in the house could have been used as a weapon and if she will take a look around to see if anything is missing. What items does he suggest?
4. Patrick tells Mary not to make supper for him for what reason in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
5. Mary stops to wonder after killing Patrick, “What were the laws about murderers with” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What influences can be seen in “Lamb to Slaughter”? When in Dahl’s career was the story written?
2. What symbolism surrounds the murder weapon in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
3. What is foreshadowed by Patrick’s action of downing of his drink in the story?
4. Who is Sergeant Noonan in the story? When does he arrive in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
5. How would you characterize the tone and mood of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
6. How is the concept of identity as seen in popular psychology depicted through the character of Mary in the novel?
7. What differences can be seen between the 1950s society in the short story and society today?
8. How is Biblical allusion depicted through the title of “Lamb to Slaughter”?
9. How did “Lamb to Slaughter” fit in with the popular fiction of the era when it was published?
10. Where in the story does the denouement take place? What happens in the denouement?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define “narrative point of view” and discuss the point of view of “Lamb to the Slaughter.” Is the story related in the past, present or future tense? Is the story told from a first, second, or third person point of view? How limited is the narrator’s perspective? Why do you think the author chose this narrative style?
Essay Topic 2
Irony in “Lamb to the Slaughter”
a. Define dramatic, situational, and verbal irony. What are examples of each in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
b. Why do you think the author employs irony in “Lamb to the Slaughter”? What are the effects of the irony employed?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the setting of “Lamb to the Slaughter” and the time period in which the short story was published. What literary movements took hold in America and Europe during the Post-War period? What qualities defined these movements? How is the setting of the 1950s evident in the story?
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