Chapter 12 -
The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin
1. Who told Mrs. Mallard about her husband's death in broken sentences?
(a) Josephine (b) Richards
(c) Brently (d) Mary
Ans: (a)
2. Who was the first person to know about Brently's railroad accident?
(a) Brently's wife (b) Brently's sister
(c) Brently's friend (d) Brently's niece
Ans: (c)
3. Where was Richards when the news of the railroad disaster was received?
(a) At home (b) At the newspaper office
(c) In the park (d) On the lawn
Ans: (b)
4. How did Richards confirm himself that Brently had died suddenly?
(a) Through the newspaper (b) Through a phone call
(c) Through a letter (d) Through a second telegram
Ans: (d)
5. What was the season of the year when Brently was announced 'killed' in railroad disaster?
(a) Summer (b) Winter
(c) Spring (d) Monsoon
Ans: (c)
6. What was Mrs. Mallard's reaction after hearing about her husband's death?
(a) She wept at once, with sudden wild abandonment. (b) She danced joyfully
(c) She sang a sad song (d) She went to see her husband's deadbody
Ans: (a)
7. Where did she go after hearing the news?
(a) She went away to the bathroom alone (b) She went away to see her husband alone.
(c) She went away to the Josephine’s room (d) She went away to her room alone
Ans: (d)
8. What was facing the open window?
(a) A soft bed (b) A comfortable, roomy armchair
(c) A comfortable sofa (d) A small stool
Ans: (b)
9. What was trembling with new spring life?
(a) Birds (b) Trees
(c) Animals (d) Insects
Ans: (b)
10. Where did Mrs. Mallard fix her eyes?
(a) At the peddler (b) At the sparrows
(c) At someone dancing (d) At the patches of blue sky
Ans: (d)
11. What do the clouds parting to reveal patches of blue sky symbolise in Kate Chopin's story?
Or. What is the symbolic meaning of the clouds parting to reveal patches of blue sky" in Kate Chopin's story?
(a) It marked the end of a long period of unhappiness. (b) It promised a future filled with light and freedom.
(c) Both (A) and (B) (d) It brings misfortune into her life
Ans: (c)
12. How did Mrs. Mallard's physical exhaustion affect her body?
(a) She felt sleepy. (b) She became lifeless and devoid of any sensation.
(c) It haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul. (d) he felt as if she were ill
Ans: (c)
13. Where was Mrs. Mallard at the time of the railroad accident?
(a) He was at the scene. (b) He was on the train that crashed.
(c) He was on the way home. (d) He was in a hospital recovering.
Ans: (d)
14. Why was Richards too late?
(a) Because he arrived late due to work. (b) Because he was lost in his thoughts.
(c) Because by then Mrs. Mallard had fallen down. (d) Because by then Mrs. Mallard died of heart disease
Ans: (d)
15. How did Mrs. Mallard die?
(a) She had died of a heart disease of joy that kills. (b) She had died of coma.
(c) She had died of cancer. (d) She had died of tumour.
Ans: (a)
16. "Free, free, free!" Who said these words?
(a) Louise (b) Josephine
(c) Richard (d) Brently
Ans: (a)
17. "Free! Body and soul free!" Here free refers to -
(a) confinement (b) imprisonment
(c) dying (d) freedom
Ans: (d)
18. "Louise, open the door! I beg, open the door-you will make yourself ill. What are you doing Louise? Far heavens sake open the door." Here the word beg' means -
(a) forgiveness (b) kneel down
(c) self-respect (d) crying
Ans: (a)
19. "Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble.” The word 'afflicted' means
(a) suffered (b) cured
(c) remedy (d) injured
Ans: (a)
20. "He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in hearing the sad message. The word "forestall means -
(a) to begin (b) to restart
(c) to stop something from happening or to cause something to happen at a later time
(d) to budge
Ans: (c)
