Lamb to the Slaughter Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Lamb to the Slaughter Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was author Roald Dahl born?
(a) Wales
(b) Russia
(c) Poland
(d) Norway

2. “Lamb to the Slaughter” was initially rejected by what periodical for publication?
(a) Readers Digest
(b) Harper’s Magazine
(c) Newsweek
(d) The New Yorker

3. Who discovers a small patch of congealed blood on Patrick’s head when the police arrive?
(a) Charlie
(b) A police photographer
(c) O'Malley
(d) Sergeant Noonan

4. Mary is awaiting her husband’s arrival from where in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?
(a) The grocery store
(b) A funeral
(c) Work
(d) The butcher

5. Mary is said to watch Patrick as he relates his statement “with a kind of dazed” what?
(a) Amazement
(b) Horror
(c) Shock
(d) Relief

Short Answer Questions

1. What “unusual” thing does Patrick do after he arrives home in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. What word from the story refers to keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss?

3. What is Sergeant Noonan’s first name in the story?

4. When Mary gets up to leave the room after Patrick’s related his story, she cannot feel what?

5. How many table lamps are described in the room in the opening of “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author portray women and men differently in “Lamb to the Slaughter”?

2. How did “Lamb to Slaughter” fit in with the popular fiction of the era when it was published?

3. Where in the story does the exposition take place? What important information is revealed through the exposition?

4. What is the motivation for the crime committed in “Lamb to Slaughter”? How is this motivation established in the beginning of the story?

5. How is the theme of passivity in “Lamb to the Slaughter” illustrated through Mary’s character?

6. How can the influence of television culture be seen in “Lamb to Slaughter”?

7. How is “climax” defined? Where in “Lamb to the Slaughter” does the climax occur?

8. How would you characterize Mary’s mindset as she commits murder in “Lamb to Slaughter”?

9. How do Mary’s actions after the murder resemble those of an actor preparing for a role?

10. How would you characterize Sergeant Noonan’s behavior toward Mary in “Lamb to Slaughter”?

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