Why does Chopin choose to withhold telling the reader Mrs. Mallard's first name?

Because Mrs. Marllard was denied her own identify for so long

Because it wasn't important to the story

Because Mrs. Mallard liked being known as Mrs. Mallard

The climax of the story is

Mr. Mallard walking through the door

When doctors said she died of joy

When Richards and Josephine told Mrs. Mallard her husband died

What is the best choice for theme of the story?

Relationships can be oppressive

Open windows are good for day dreaming

Don't listen to your friends news because it could be wrong

'The Story of an Hour'

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9th - 12th Grade

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CCSS

RL.9-10.3, RL.6.3, RL.2.10

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The author wrote the story in the ______ century.

19th

18th

20th

21st

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The fact that Louise had a heart condition ________ her death from a heart attack.

paradoxs

double entendres

foreshadows

flashbacks

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The story is written in ______ person narration.

first

second

third

fourth

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who breaks the news of Mr. Mallard's death?

Friar John

Josephine

Richards

Roberts

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What might Mrs. Mallard's ailment symbolize?

her inability to see things as they are

her inability to filter out less important things in life

her unhappiness and troubling emotions

a raging desire for pig flesh

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is significant about the story's setting?

The story's set in a time period that afforded women very few rights.

It takes place in a large house.

The story encompasses one hour.

The setting makes no difference.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How could we best characterize Brently Mallard?

He is an abusive husband who deserves to die in a fiery train wreck.

He set up the train story so he could scare his wife and kill her.

He's a typical husband in the late 19th-century.

He's an adulterer/cheater.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.9

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'The Story of an Hour'

19 questions

The author wrote the story in the ______ century.

The fact that Louise had a heart condition ________ her death from a heart attack.

The story is written in ______ person narration.

Who breaks the news of Mr. Mallard's death?

What might Mrs. Mallard's ailment symbolize?

What is significant about the story's setting?

How could we best characterize Brently Mallard?

" except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her"

Sob means:

What literary device is used at the end of the story when the doctor claims Mrs. Mallard "died of heart disease- of the joy that kills"?

"It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long. " Here, Shudder means..

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'The Story of an Hour'

19 questions

The author wrote the story in the ______ century.

The fact that Louise had a heart condition ________ her death from a heart attack.

The story is written in ______ person narration.

Who breaks the news of Mr. Mallard's death?

What might Mrs. Mallard's ailment symbolize?

What is significant about the story's setting?

How could we best characterize Brently Mallard?

" except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her" Sob means:

What literary device is used at the end of the story when the doctor claims Mrs. Mallard "died of heart disease- of the joy that kills"?

"It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long. " Here, Shudder means..

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" except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her"

Sob means: