The following bolded answers are the answers to the questions for the practice we did in class today. Send me an email or message on remind if you do not understand why that answer is correct.
- Which of the following best states a theme for “Lamb to the Slaughter?”
- One should think before acting on one’s emotions.
- The best crime is the one that isn’t caught.
- Be wary of those who you treat poorly for they make seek revenge.
- Mary should have gotten caught.
- What is the best objective summary of the passage?
- Mary Maloney, hurt at the loss of her husband, murdered him in revenge for his affair and fooled the police into believing that she was innocent.
- Patrick Maloney was murdered by his wife, whom the police suspected to be the killer, although they could not find the murder weapon.
- Mary Maloney, in a moment of vulnerability, murdered her husband and then covered up her crime by feeding the only piece of evidence to the policemen.
- Patrick Maloney comes home to his needy, pregnant wife who has been planning his murder as she has known about his affair all along.
- How is Mary’s conversation with her husband at the beginning of the text important to the development of a theme within the passage?
- One can see how little concern and care Patrick has for Mary although she does everything to please him.
- One can see the way Mary’s anger builds as the conversation continues, which leads to the murder.
- One can see how Patrick feels trapped by the relationship and has a desire to escape his marriage.
- One can see how Mary is planning the murder from the start and wants to be free of her husband’s constant demands.
- Patrick’s glass of whiskey is described frequently in the beginning of the story. What could this glass be symbolic of?
- desire
- escape
- disrespect
- rage
- Which phrase best describes the way the policemen treat Mary?
- They treat Mary as a suspect because they can tell she is attempting to hide something from them.
- They treat Mary with anger because they believe her absence is the cause of her husband’s death.
- They treat Mary with fragility because they feel sorrow for all the pain she is enduring at her loss.
- They treat Mary as a friend due to their longtime relationship working with her husband.
- Based on the passage, what can you infer about Mary’s relationship with her husband?
- Mary and Patrick’s relationship is strained because he did not want to have a baby with her.
- Mary and Patrick’s relationship is one of anger and spite where neither parties are happy.
- Mary and Patrick’s relationship has been loving but he has always feared her and her violent mood swings.
- Mary and Patrick’s relationship is not equal, as she is subservient to him and he does not return her love.
- What is the best meaning of placid based on context clues?
- tranquil
- anxious
- inky
- vibrant