Question

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death. . . . She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her. . . . She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin Question Use the passage to answer the question. Which detail can be inferred from this passage that is not explicitly stated? (1 point) Responses Mrs. Mallard had hoped to spend many good years with her husband. Mrs. Mallard had hoped to spend many good years with her husband. Mrs. Mallard’s heart problems were caused by stress from her marriage. Mrs. Mallard’s heart problems were caused by stress from her marriage. Mrs. Mallard was not happy in her marriage to her husband. Mrs. Mallard was not happy in her marriage to her husband. Mrs. Mallard has had difficulty controlling her emotions in the past.

Answer 1

From the passage, the detail that can be inferred and is not explicitly stated is: Mrs. Mallard was not happy in her marriage to her husband.

The passage suggests that while she grieves for her husband's death, she also anticipates a future that belongs to her alone, which implies a sense of relief or liberation from the constraints of her marriage. This indicates that her feelings towards her marriage may not have been entirely positive.

Answer 2

Use the passage from “The Oval Portrait” by Edgar Allen Poe to answer the question. Which detail does the author leave uncertain in this excerpt? Select the two correct answers. (1 point) Responses how the narrator was injured how the narrator was injured why the narrator stopped at the chateau why the narrator stopped at the chateau why the chateau was abandoned why the chateau was abandoned why the narrator slept with the bed curtains opened why the narrator slept with the bed curtains opened who the narrator traveled with who the narrator traveled with

Answer 3

In the excerpt from “The Oval Portrait” by Edgar Allan Poe, the two details that the author leaves uncertain are:

1. how the narrator was injured
2. who the narrator traveled with

These aspects of the narrator's background and circumstances are not explicitly clarified in the text, creating a sense of mystery.