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"The Story of An Hour"

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

From what ailment does Mrs. Mallard suffer?

a)

kidney failure

b)

heart trouble

c)

pneumonia

d)

detached retinas

2.
The following passage is an example of _________ irony: "Louise, open the door! I beg; open the door--you will make yourself ill. What are you doing, Louise? For heaven's sake open the door."
a)
situational
b)
dramatic
c)
verbal
3.
What is significant about the story's setting?
a)
The story's set in a time period that afforded women very few rights.
b)
It takes place in a large house.
c)
The story encompasses one hour.
d)
The setting makes no difference.
4.
In what season does the story take place and why is it significant?
a)
The story takes place in Winter and symbolizes that everything dies.
b)
The story takes place in Summer and symbolizes the burning love Mrs. Mallard has for her husband.
c)
The story takes place in Spring and symbolizes a new beginning for Mrs. Mallard.
d)
The story takes place in Fall and symbolizes the everything is falling apart.
5.
Who broke the news to Mrs. Mallard that her husband is dead?
a)
Richards
b)
Josephine
c)
Brently Mallard
d)
She found out herself
6.
True or False?
Brently died in the train accident. 
a)
True
b)
False 
7.

What does Louise say repeatedly while looking out the window?

a)

"Free"

b)

"Finally"

c)

"Freedom"

d)

"Yay

8.

How did Mrs. Mallard feel AFTER experiencing her initial grief over her husband's death?

a)

happy

b)

sad

c)

angry

d)

jealous

9.

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

a)

paradoxes

b)

Aphorisms

c)

foreshadows

d)

flashbacks

10.
The climax of the story is
a)
Josephine knocking at the door
b)
Mr. Mallard walking through the door
c)
When doctors said she died of joy
d)
When Richards and Josephine told Mrs. Mallard her husband died
11.
What is the best choice for theme of the story?
a)
Open windows are good for day dreaming
b)
Relationships can be oppressive
c)
Stay away from trains
d)
Don't listen to your friends news because it could be wrong
12.
According to the selection, why is the line "she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills" ironic?
a)
Because she didn't die
b)
Joy cannot literally kill someone
c)
She was sad that her husband was actually alive
d)
She was sad that her husband was dead
13.
Identify the figurative language: "She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep."
a)
Motif
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
14.

who created "Story of an Hour"

a)

Kate Chopin

b)

Fredrick Douglass

c)

Mary Mallard

d)

Louisa Chopin

15.

When did the story take place?

a)

1800's

b)

1900's

c)

2000's

d)

1700's

16.

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

a)

to tremble in happiness

b)

to tremble in sadness

c)

to tremble in hope

17.

"She was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window." This passage demonstrates that Mrs. Mallard is feeling which of the following emotions?

a)

Angry & bitter

b)

Happy & hopeful

c)

Sad & devastated

d)

Indifferent & bored

18.
How could we best characterize Brently Mallard
a)
He is an abusive husband who deserves to die in a fiery train wreck.
b)
He's a conniving man who set up the train wreck story so he could scare his wife and kill her.
c)
He's a typical husband in the late 19th-century.
d)
He died in the train wreck.
19.

In 1894, this story was probably controversial because

a)

Railroad accidents were common and this story made people lobby for safer railroads.

b)

Women were not supposed to think independently and Mrs. Mallard's thought process was too extreme.

c)

Authors did not commonly use irony and Kate Chopin's use of irony was groundbreaking.

d)

None of the above.

20.

Which of the following details best demonstrates Mrs. Mallard's feelings toward her newfound freedom?

a)

There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully.

b)

What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!

c)

She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms.

d)

Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.

21.

Story of an Hour: How does Mrs. Mallard view her love for her husband?

a)

She didn’t love him.

b)

She considered him the great love of her life.

c)

She loved him “sometimes”.

d)

The text is not clear about how Mrs. Mallard felt about her husband.

22.

Story of an Hour: According to the text, is Mrs. Mallard happy to receive the news that her husband has died? Which answer below is supported by textual evidence?

a)

Yes; Mrs. Mallard expresses her desire to start a relationship with Mr. Benchley.

b)

She is not “happy” her husband has died, but after the initial shock wears off, she imagines a greater freedom in her life.

c)

The text is not clear about how she feels.

d)

No, she is not happy; she contemplates suicide.

23.

The story is written in ______ person narration.

a)

first

b)

second

c)

third (limited)

d)

third (omniscient)

24.
Identify the figurative language: "She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep."
a)
Motif
b)
Simile
c)
Personification
d)
Hyperbole
25.
Why does Chopin choose to withhold telling the reader Mrs. Mallard's first name?
a)
Because Mrs. Marllard was denied her own identify for so long
b)
Because it wasn't important to the story
c)
Because Mrs. Mallard liked being known as Mrs. Mallard
d)
Because the story was short
26.

The following passage is an example of _________ irony: "Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard"

a)

situational

b)

dramatic

c)

verbal

d)

amusing

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