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The Story of an Hour – RL.11-12.5 & RL.11-12.6 Formative Assessment (3/27/2025)

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Question 1
1.

What structural choice does Chopin make at the beginning of the story?

Question 2
2.

How does the story’s structure contribute to the ironic ending?

Question 3
3.

Why is the shift from grief to joy significant to the story’s structure?

Question 4
4.

How does Chopin’s use of internal monologue affect the story’s structure?

Question 5
5.

How would the impact of the story change if it were told in chronological order, with Brently returning home first?

Question 6
6.

What effect does the confined setting (mainly one room) have on the story’s meaning?

Question 7
7.

Evaluate how the pacing of the story—from crisis to climax to twist ending—impacts the reader’s understanding of freedom.

Question 8
8.

What point of view is used in the story?

Question 9
9.

Which line best shows Chopin’s use of irony?

Question 10
10.

What is ironic about the doctors' conclusion that Mrs. Mallard died “of joy that kills”?

Question 11
11.

Evaluate how the narrator manipulates the reader’s perception of Louise’s reaction to her husband’s death.

Question 12
12.

What does Louise mean when she whispers, “Free, free, free”?

Question 13
13.

Which statement best reflects the difference between what is said and what is meant?

Question 14
14.

How does the story use understatement to mask Louise’s internal conflict?

Question 15
15.

How does Chopin’s narrator use both irony and understatement to critique marriage in the 19th century?