
The Story of an Hour
QuizĀ by Christy Joseph
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What did Louise Mallard usually feeltoward her husband during their life together?
2.How is Brently Mallard supposed tohave died?
3.What is Josephine's relation to Louise?
4.What isRichards's relation to Brently?
5.Where did Richards learn about Brently's death?
6.Whatphrase does Louise repeat to herself as she recovers from the news of herhusband's death?
7.Whataspect of life after Brently's death is she ecstatic about?
7.Ā What do doctors attribute Louise's fatal heart attack to?
8.Ā Which of the following traits is not characteristic of Louise Mallard?
9.Ā What isLouise's immediate outward reaction to the news that her husband is dead?
10.Ā What does Louise understand about the thoughts and feelings she is having about Brently'sdeath?
11.Ā What is the true cause of the heart attack that kills Louise?
13.Ā What does Chopin representas a source of forbidden joy for women?
14.Ā What doesChopin suggest about marriages?
15.Ā What motifdoes Chopin use to highlight the dichotomy of sorrow and happiness?
16.Ā What symbol represents Louise's ambivalence toward her marriage?
17.Ā What symbol represents the freedom and opportunities that seem to await Louise after her husband's death?
18.Ā In paragraph 14, LouiseMallard approaches an awakening subsequent to hearing of the news of her husbandās death. In this passage which of the following is the most prominent reoccurring theme?
19.Ā The author portrays the story expects the reader to reflect on the experiences ofĀ Louise Mallard in āThe Story of An Hourā with
20.Ā Which of the following lines best represents the rhetorical device of verbal Irony?
21.Ā The word ārepressionā(paragraph 8 ) suggests that Mrs. Mallard was a woman of
22.Ā Mrs. Mallardās cause of death is described as āa joy that killsā. Chopin uses this as final evidence to show that
23.Ā In paragraph 20, Louiseāscomposure as she descends the stairs can be best described as: