The Story of an Hour

What is ironic about the sounds that Mrs. Mallard hears after she learns of her husband's death?

• There are crickets chirping to symbolize the night to come.

• There is only the wind to symbolize her loneliness.

• There are birds chirping, and happy sounds outside.

• There is just a fly buzzing to symbolize death and decay

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What becomes clear when Mrs. Mallard says, "Free, free, free!"?

• Mrs. Mallard is thinking of her expenses.

• Mrs. Mallard is happy to be free of her husband.

• Mrs. Mallard is going insane from grief.

• Mrs. Mallard just likes to repeat herself.

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For whom does Mrs. Mallard feels she will live for after finding out her husband died?

• Mrs. Mallard

• Josephine

• Mr. Mallard

• Mr. Henry

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What is a theme in "The Story of an Hour"?

• Personal freedom

• love

• hatred

• cohersion

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What ultimately kills our protagonist?

• a heart condition

• "A joy that kills"

• seeing her "dead" husband

• All of the above

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What is ironic about Mrs. Mallard saying that she had just been wishing for her life to be short?

• She wants her husband back.

• She does die early from shock

• She's miserable

• She regrets her life

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Under which type of irony would you classify Josephine's fear that her sister will "make herself ill" by grieving alone in her room?

• Verbal irony

• Dramatic irony

• Sarcasm

• Irony

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Which moment in the story is an example of situational irony?

• When Mrs. Mallard whispers, "free, free, free!" after hearing of her husband's death

• When Mrs. Mallard goes to her room

• When Josephine knocks at the door

• When Mr. Mallard dies in the train accident

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When the audience knows something that the characters in the story do not is...

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• sarcasm

• verbal irony

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When the outcome is the opposite of what is expected, it is:

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• sarcasm

• verbal irony

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