The Monkey's Paw Part 2

In Part 2 of the text, how does the author incorporate irony into the horror of his plot?

• Mr. and Mrs. White receive 200 pounds for compensation of Herbert.

• A stranger visits Mr. and Mrs. White with a very strange manor about him.

• The introduction to this section of the text begins with the same tone and mood as the exposition of the story.

• Mr. and Mrs. White both faint when they try to comprehend the news of their only son being killed at work.

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Which of the following would be an accurate description of the mood of the opening paragraph for Part 2?

• Care free and bright

• Heavily burdened

• Solemn and guarded

• Cautious and worried

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Which of the following lines best allows the reader to know that neither Mrs. White and likely not Herbert believes Mr. White when he continues to claim that the paw moved in his hand as he wished?

• “I dare say,” said Mr. White, pouring himself out some beer; “but for all that, the thing moved in my hand; that I’ll swear to.”

  “You thought it did,” said the old lady soothingly.

• “Morris said the things happened so naturally,” said’ his father, “that you might if you so wished attribute it to coincidence.”

  “Well, don’t break into the money before I come back,”

• In the brightness of the wintry sun next morning as it streamed over the breakfast table he laughed at his fears.

• “I expect you’ll find the cash tied up in a big bag in the middle of your bed,” said Herbert, as he bade them good-night, “and something horrible squatting up on top of the wardrobe watching you as you pocket your ill-gotten gains.”

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She broke off suddenly as the sinister meaning of the assurance dawned upon her and she saw the awful confirmation of her fears in the other’s perverted face. She caught her breath, and turning to her slower-witted husband, laid her trembling old hand upon his. There was a long silence.

Which of the following sets of words help W.W. Jacobs set a tone for this paragraph?

• sinister, awful, perverted

• suddenly, assurance, slower-witted

• breath, hand, silence

• meaning, dawned, confirmation

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Which of the following lines contributes the most to the irony of Herbert's death?

• Mr. White dropped his wife’s hand, and rising to his feet, gazed with a look of horror at his visitor. His dry lips shaped the words, “How much?”

  “Two hundred pounds,” was the answer.

• Unconscious of his wife’s shriek, the old man smiled faintly, put out his hands like a sightless man, and dropped, a senseless heap, to the floor.

• “I was to say that Maw and Meggins disclaim all responsibility,” continued the other. “They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son’s services, they wish to present you with a certain sum as compensation.”

• There was no reply; the old woman’s face was white, her eyes staring, and her breath inaudible; on the husband’s face was a look such as his friend the sergeant might have carried into his first action.

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Which of the following lines best allows the reader to predict that the stranger at the gate does not bring good news?

• Three times he paused at the gate, and then walked on again. The fourth time he stood with his hand upon it, and then with sudden resolution flung it open and walked up the path.

• He gazed at her furtively, and listened in a preoccupied fashion as the old lady apologized for the appearance of the room, and her husband’s coat, a garment which he usually reserved for the garden.

• Mrs. White at the same moment placed her hands behind her, and hurriedly unfastening the strings of her apron, put that useful article of apparel beneath the cushion of her chair.

• All of which did not prevent her from scurrying to the door at the postman’s knock, nor prevent her from referring somewhat shortly to retired sergeant-majors of bibulous habits when she found that the post brought a tailor’s bill.

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His wife made no reply. She was watching the mysterious movements of a man outside, who, peering in an undecided fashion at the house, appeared to be trying to make up his mind to enter. In mental connection with the two hundred pounds, she noticed that the stranger was well dressed, and wore a silk hat of glossy newness. Three times he paused at the gate, and then walked on again. The fourth time he stood with his hand upon it, and then with sudden resolution flung it open and walked up the path. Mrs. White at the same moment placed her hands behind her, and hurriedly unfastening the strings of her apron, put that useful article of apparel beneath the cushion of her chair.

Which of the following would be an appropriate word to describe the tone of the above passage?

• anxious

• disheartening

• tearful

• heartfelt

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His wife made no reply. She was watching the mysterious movements of a man outside, who, peering in an undecided fashion at the house, appeared to be trying to make up his mind to enter. In mental connection with the two hundred pounds, she noticed that the stranger was well dressed, and wore a silk hat of glossy newness. Three times he paused at the gate, and then walked on again. The fourth time he stood with his hand upon it, and then with sudden resolution flung it open and walked up the path. Mrs. White at the same moment placed her hands behind her, and hurriedly unfastening the strings of her apron, put that useful article of apparel beneath the cushion of her chair.

Which words in the passage lend themselves to allow W.W. Jacobs to set his tone?

• mysterious, undecided, paused

• wife, pounds, chair

• glossy, gate, cushion

• newness, dressed, unfastening

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She broke off suddenly as the sinister meaning of the assurance dawned upon her and she saw the awful confirmation of her fears in the other’s perverted face. She caught her breath, and turning to her slower-witted husband, laid her trembling old hand upon his. There was a long silence.

Which of the following would be an appropriate word to describe the tone of the above passage?

• disturbing

• refreshing

• applauding

• reactive

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A summary of Part 2 would have to include which of the following?

• The death of Herbert.

• Mr. White eating breakfast with the family.

• Mrs. White taking off her apron when she invites the stranger in.

• Mr. White repeating the words of the stranger.

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