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Story of an Hour

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

KATE CHOPIN BEGAN WRITING SHORT STORIES AND NOVELS AFTER HER HUSBAND AND HER MOTHER DIED IN SHORT SUCCESSION, LEAVING HER A SINGLE PARENT OF ___ CHILDREN. HOW MANY CHILDREN?

a)

0

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

2.

THE AUTHOR OR SPEAKER’S ATTITUDE TOWARD A SUBJECT, EVIDENT THROUGH DICTION OR THE VIEWPOINT OF AN AUTHOR OR SPEAKER ON A PARTICULAR SUBJECT. IT CAN BE FORMAL, INFORMAL, SERIOUS, COMIC, SARCASTIC, PEDANTIC, SAD, CHEERFUL, OR ANY OTHER ATTITUDE.

a)

POINT OF VIEW

b)

TONE

c)

PERSPECTIVE

d)

CENTRAL IDEA

3.

WHAT IS THE HUSBAND'S NAME?

a)

BRADLEY MALLARD

b)

BRADFORD MALLARD

c)

BRENTLY MALLARD

d)

BRANDON MALLARD

4.

HOW MANY LAYERS OF MEANING ARE THERE?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

5.

STYLE HELPS TO CREATE THE _________.

a)

AUTHOR’S VOICE

b)

AUTHOR’S MEANING

c)

AUTHOR’S TONE

d)

AUTHOR’S FEELINGS

6.

TOTALLY OR DEFINITELY; WITHOUT QUESTION

a)

Certainty

b)

Uncertainty

c)

Absolutely

d)

none of the aboe

7.

CHOPIN’S NOVELS AND STORIES WERE ALL WRITTEN IN THE ______, A TIME WHEN WOMEN WERE EXPECTED TO FULFILL DOMESTIC ROLES.

a)

1900's

b)

1910's

c)

1890S

d)

1880's

8.

IN LITERARY TEXTS, THE TYPE OF NARRATION USED; A WAY OF LOOKING AT OR THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING

a)

PERCEPTION

b)

POINT OF VIEW

c)

1st PERSON

d)

3rd PERSON

9.

WHAT TYPE OF CONDITION DOES THE MAIN CHARACTER HAVE?

a)

ARTHIRITIS

b)

DYSLEXIA

c)

IMPRISONED

d)

HEART TROUBLES

10.

LAYER 3 REFERS TO ______________.

a)

TONE, THE AUTHOR’S ATTITUDE

b)

DICTION

c)

LITERAL MEANING

d)

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

11.

THE FORMATION OF SENTENCES AND THE ASSOCIATED GRAMMATICAL RULES

a)

SYNTAX

b)

SEMANTICS

c)

TONE

d)

THEME

12.

TO TAKE PREVENTATIVE ACTION

a)

PREVENT

b)

HINDER

c)

FORESTALL

d)

PROLONG

13.

SHE RAISED HER CHILDREN WITH WHO? DID SHE EVER REMARRY?

a)

HUSBAND; YES

b)

ALONE; YES

c)

2nd HUSBAND; NO

d)

ON HER OWN; NO.

14.

THE TIME, PLACE, AND CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SOMETHING OCCURS

a)

PLOT

b)

SETTING

c)

TIMEFRAME

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

15.

WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST OF "STORY OF AN HOUR"?

a)

LOUISEE MALLARD

b)

LOUIS MALLARD

c)

LOUISE MALLARD

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

16.

THE LITERAL LEVEL, WHAT THE WORDS ACTUALLY MEAN

a)

LEVEL 1

b)

LEVEL 2

c)

LEVEL 3

d)

LEVEL 4

17.

THE WAY IN WHICH THE WRITER USES TECHNIQUES FOR EFFECT

a)

STYLE

b)

CAUSE AND EFFECT

c)

PURPOSE

d)

VOICE

18.

A LIQUID OR OTHER SUBSTANCE THOUGHT TO HAVE SPECIAL, OFTEN MAGICAL POWERS.

a)

MEDICINIE

b)

PRESCRIPTION

c)

ELIXAR

d)

ELIXIR

19.

CHOPIN CHALLENGED SOCIAL NORMS IN HER WRITING BY CREATING STRONG _______ PROTAGONISTS AND EXPLORING THEMES CONCERNING _______, ENNUI (A FEELING OF CONTINUED DISSATISFACTION), DESIRE, AND SELF DISCOVERY.

a)

MALE; MARRIAGE

b)

FEMALE; INDEPENDENCE

c)

MALE; AUTONOMY

d)

FEMALE; MARRIAGE

20.

THE UNDERLYING MESSAGE OR BIG IDEA OF A TALK, BOOK, FILM, OR OTHER WORK

a)

CENTRAL IDEA

b)

THEME

c)

MORAL

d)

MORALE

21.

WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF "STORY OF AN HOUR"?

a)

KAT CHOPIN

b)

KATHY CHOPIN

c)

CATHERINE KOPIN

d)

KATE CHOPIN

22.

THOSE FEELINGS THAT ARE EVOKED IN THE READER.

a)

TONE

b)

VOICE

c)

EMOTIONS

d)

MOOD

23.

THE CHOICE OF WORDS OR PHRASES IN SPEECH OR WRITING

a)

STYLE

b)

DICTION

c)

TECHNIQUE

d)

RHETORIC

24.

REPEATED AND ANNOYING REQUESTS OR DEMANDS

a)

PESTERING

b)

INOPPORTUNITY

c)

UNFORTUNATE

d)

IMPORTUNITY

25.

CHOPIN’S STORY ABOUT AN INDEPENDENT-MINDED WOMAN WHO HAD THEIR OWN PERSONAL WANTS AND NEEDS—A CONTROVERSIAL CONCEPT AT THE TIME—ANTICIPATED THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY _______ LITERARY MOVEMENT.

a)

SOCIAL

b)

FEMINIST

c)

CIVIL RIGHTS

d)

AMERICAN

26.

A STRUGGLE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING FORCES, USUALLY RELATED TO THE PROTAGONIST IN SOME WAY

a)

DEBATE

b)

ARGUMENT

c)

CONFLICT

d)

CLAIM

27.

HOW WAS THE ENDING IRONIC?

a)

THE HUSBAND AND WIFE LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER

b)

THE HUSBAND PASSES AWAY

c)

THE HUSBAND WASN'T DEAD. THE WIFE PASSES

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

28.

THE MODEL WE USE IN THIS CLASS FOR LOOKING AT LAYERS OF MEANING IS THAT OF _______.

a)

ALLEN IVERSON

b)

I.A. RICHARDS

c)

ALBERT EINSTEIN

d)

ALLEN RICHARDS

29.

DICTION, SYNTAX, GRAMMAR, AND USE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ARE THE COMPONENTS OF

a)

KEY ELEMENTS

b)

LAYERS OF MEANING

c)

AUTHOR'S TONE

d)

AUTHOR'S STYLE

30.

IN A LOUD OR EMOTIONAL MANNER

a)

TUMULTUOUSLY

b)

INDIGNANT

c)

BOISTEROUS

d)

EXTRAGAVANT

31.

In the "Story of an Hour" the wife's reactions to the husband's death is NOT: “storm of grief”; “physical exhaustion”; “dull stare”

a)

True

b)

False

32.

In the "Story of an Hour", the wife's reaction to living without her husband is: “feverish triumph”; “pulses beat fast”; “keen and bright”

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Both