WorksheetsStory of an Hour
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 24mins
How do Mrs. Mallard's feelings evolve throughout the story?
She is initially elated with joy that her husband survives the crash, then becomes distraught when she realized she misses her opportunity to be on her own, and finally is overcome with shock that Josephine and Mr. Richards are having an affair.
At first, she weeps wildly, then calms down and is hopeful of her future independence, and finally is so shocked at her husband's return that she dies.
She first cries when she sees her husband on the news, then screams when she realizes she will have to provide for herself, and finally accepts that she will need to marry Mr. Richards in order to survive.
All answers can be supported with text evidence.
How does Mrs. Mallard's thought process demonstrate that she is different from other women?
Most women would have been unable to accept news of their husband's death, but she comes to terms with it rather quickly and realizes she loves the idea of living independently more than she loves him.
Most women would have been ecstatic that such an abusive spouse died in an ironic twist of fate, but Mrs. Mallard fails to see the irony.
The fact that she is unable to process her husband's death shows how she is actually far less emotionally intelligent than other women like her sister, Josephine.
Mrs. Mallard is actually not different from other women. She is an example of how all women are only good as housewives.
At the end of the story we learn that Brently Mallard
was cheating on Mrs. Mallard with Josephine.
jumped off the train before it crashed.
was never even on the train in the first place.
made up the entire story to play a joke on his wife.
Brently Mallard is
Louise's husband
Josephine's husband
Richards
All of the above
Which of the following is not one of Mrs. Mallard's conflicts?
She suspects Brently of having an affair with Josephine
She has a heart condition
She believes Brently had died
Brently is actually alive
In 1894, this story was probably controversial because
Railroad accidents were common and this story made people lobby for safer railroads.
Women were not supposed to think independently and Mrs. Mallard's thought process was too extreme.
Authors did not commonly use irony and Kate Chopin's use of irony was groundbreaking.
None of the above.
The moral of the story is
The women and men should live happily ever after
That women should be content doing what their husband's want them to
That women should desire an independent life free from the constraints of marriage
All of the above
This story is written in
1st person POV
3rd person limited POV
3rd person omniscient POV
none of the above
Which of the following details best demonstrates Mrs. Mallard's feelings toward her newfound freedom?
There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully.
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!
She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms.
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.
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
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.
For whom does Mrs. Mallard feels she will live for after finding out her husband died?
Mrs. Mallard
Josephine
Mr. Mallard
Mr. Henry
What is a theme in "The Story of an Hour"?
Personal freedom
love
hatred
cohersion
What ultimately kills our protagonist?
a heart condition
"A joy that kills"
seeing her "dead" husband
All of the above
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
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
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
In 1894, this story was probably controversial because
Railroad accidents were common and this story made people lobby for safer railroads.
Women were not supposed to think independently and Mrs. Mallard's thought process was too extreme.
Authors did not commonly use irony and Kate Chopin's use of irony was groundbreaking.
None of the above.
