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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. The plot structure of “Lamb to the Slaughter” depicts which qualities?
2. What is Mary’s response when she sees Patrick’s body after returning from the store?
3. Author Roald Dahl was born in what year?
4. The narrator compares “that warm male glow that came out of him to her when they were alone together” to what in the beginning of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
5. What is Mary’s last name in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where in the story does the exposition take place? What important information is revealed through the exposition?
2. How does the author portray women and men differently in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
3. How is the setting described in the first paragraph of “Lamb to Slaughter”? What items are described in the room?
4. How can the influence of television culture be seen in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
5. What is ironic about Mary’s answer to Sam regarding “meat” in “Lamb to Slaughter”?
6. What is the motivation for the crime committed in “Lamb to Slaughter”? How is this motivation established in the beginning of the story?
7. What influences can be seen in “Lamb to Slaughter”? When in Dahl’s career was the story written?
8. How did “Lamb to Slaughter” fit in with the popular fiction of the era when it was published?
9. How is the theme of passivity in “Lamb to the Slaughter” illustrated through Mary’s character?
10. Why do you think the author chooses not to detail Patrick’s story to the reader?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the character of Mary and analyze her personality and characteristics as described in the narrative. How are Mary’s feelings about her husband indicated in the text? How does Mary Maloney fulfill the “archetype” of the American housewife in the 1950s? What characteristics does Mary exhibit that fulfill this archetype? How does Mary break from the archetype, and what do you think this indicates?
Essay Topic 2
The climax of the story could be said to be when Mary kills Patrick. What indications show that this might be the case? What indications show that the climax happens elsewhere in the story? What risks does Mary face by calling the police? How are her actions justified?
Essay Topic 3
Define situational, verbal, and dramatic irony and discuss examples of each in the narrative. How is Mary’s conversation with Sam the grocer ironic? Is this an example of dramatic or verbal irony? What type of irony is illustrated in the end of the story?
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