THE STORY OF AN HOUR

Kate Chopin

📘 Summary of “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin

Louise Mallard, a woman with heart trouble, learns of her husband Brently Mallard’s death in a train accident. At first, she is overwhelmed with grief, but when alone, she begins to feel a strange sense of freedom and relief. She looks out the window and embraces the idea of living life for herself. Just as she begins to feel hopeful, her husband walks in alive. Shocked, Louise dies. The doctors say it was “the joy that kills.”

📜 हिंदी अनुवाद (Hindi Translation)

लुईस मैलार्ड, जिसे दिल की बीमारी थी, को बताया गया कि उसके पति ब्रेंटली मैलार्ड की ट्रेन दुर्घटना में मौत हो गई है। पहले वह बहुत दुखी होती है, लेकिन जब वह अकेली होती है, तो उसे एक अजीब सी आज़ादी और राहत महसूस होती है। वह खिड़की से बाहर देखती है और अपने लिए जीने की कल्पना करती है। तभी उसका पति सही-सलामत घर लौट आता है। यह देखकर लुईस को इतना झटका लगता है कि उसकी मृत्यु हो जाती है। डॉक्टर कहते हैं कि यह “खुशी की वजह से मौत” थी।

🎯 50 Most Important MCQs from “The Story of an Hour”

(With Answers | Class 11 | WBCHSE )

✅ Chapter-Based Multiple Choice Questions

11. Who is the author of “The Story of an Hour”?
    a) Virginia Woolf
    b) Kate Chopin ✅
    c) Emily Dickinson
    d) Sylvia Plath

12. What ailment does Mrs. Mallard suffer from?
    a) Asthma
    b) Blindness
    c) Heart disease ✅
    d) Migraine

13. Who brings the news of Mr. Mallard’s death?
    a) Josephine
    b) Richards ✅
    c) A doctor
    d) A servant

14. How did Mr. Mallard supposedly die?
    a) Plane crash
    b) Train accident ✅
    c) Shipwreck
    d) Fire

15. How did Mrs. Mallard react initially to the news?
    a) She fainted
    b) She cried immediately ✅
    c) She laughed
    d) She screamed

16. Where did Mrs. Mallard go after hearing the news?
    a) Kitchen
    b) Garden
    c) Her bedroom ✅
    d) Balcony

17. What emotion slowly replaces her grief?
    a) Guilt
    b) Anger
    c) Freedom ✅
    d) Fear

18. What phrase does she keep whispering to herself?
    a) “He’s gone”
    b) “Never again”
    c) “Free, free, free!” ✅
    d) “Oh God!”

19. What does she see from her window?
    a) A funeral
    b) Trees and sky ✅
    c) Fire
    d) Her husband

20. What does her new feeling symbolize?
    a) Regret
    b) Fear
    c) Liberation ✅
    d) Madness

    
    

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21. Who is Josephine?
    a) Her mother
    b) Her daughter
    c) Her sister ✅
    d) Her maid

22. What is the tone of the story?
    a) Humorous
    b) Tragic irony ✅
    c) Romantic
    d) Suspenseful

23. How did Brently Mallard actually survive?
    a) He was never in the accident ✅
    b) He escaped
    c) He jumped out
    d) He faked his death

24. What is the final line of the story?
    a) “She was finally free.”
    b) “She died of heart disease — of joy that kills.” ✅
    c) “She never woke up.”
    d) “He was never dead.”

25. What literary device is used in the ending?
    a) Irony ✅
    b) Simile
    c) Metaphor
    d) Alliteration

26. What does the window symbolize?
    a) Heaven
    b) Confusion
    c) Freedom and life ✅
    d) Sorrow

27. Why did Louise die?
    a) Fear
    b) Excitement
    c) Joy that kills ✅
    d) Disease

28. What did Richards try to do when Mr. Mallard returned?
    a) Stop Josephine
    b) Hide Louise
    c) Block Brently from Louise ✅
    d) Leave the house

29. What season is it in the story?
    a) Winter
    b) Autumn
    c) Spring ✅
    d) Rainy

30. What is Louise’s full name?
    a) Louise Mallard ✅
    b) Louise Richards
    c) Louise Chopin
    d) Louise Josephine

    21. What emotion follows Louise’s initial grief?
        a) Rage
        b) Hope
        c) Joy ✅
        d) Confusion

    22. How is the air described from her window?
        a) Dusty
        b) Sweet with the breath of rain ✅
        c) Polluted
        d) Dry and windy

    23. What does Louise do after sitting in the armchair?
        a) Falls asleep
        b) Prays
        c) Reflects silently ✅
        d) Screams loudly

    24. What is the main theme of the story?
        a) Revenge
        b) Female independence ✅
        c) Family loyalty
        d) Tragic love

    25. What word does she repeat under her breath?
        a) “Dead”
        b) “Over”
        c) “Free” ✅
        d) “Lost”

    26. How did the news of the accident reach Richards?
        a) From a passenger
        b) From a telegram ✅
        c) From a phone call
        d) From the hospital

    27. What does she feel creeping out of the sky?
        a) A storm
        b) Sadness
        c) A sense of freedom ✅
        d) Illness

    28. Who pleads with Louise to open the door?
        a) Richards
        b) Brently
        c) Josephine ✅
        d) A servant

    29. How does Louise respond to Josephine’s concern?
        a) “Go away, I am fine.” ✅
        b) “Leave me to die.”
        c) “I’m not your concern.”
        d) “Tell Richards to come.”

    30. What do the doctors say caused her death?
        a) Heart attack
        b) Shock
        c) Joy that kills ✅
        d) Grief

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    31. How is Brently Mallard described when he returns?
        a) Nervous
        b) Calm and unaware ✅
        c) Excited
        d) Injured

    32. What does Richards try to do when Brently appears?
        a) Hug him
        b) Warn Louise
        c) Block Louise’s view ✅
        d) Leave immediately

    33. What type of narration is used in the story?
        a) First-person
        b) Third-person omniscient ✅
        c) Diary-style
        d) Dialogue-driven

    34. How long does the entire story take place in real time?
        a) One day
        b) A few hours ✅
        c) Several weeks
        d) One year

    35. What is Mrs. Mallard’s first name?
        a) Lucy
        b) Laura
        c) Louise ✅
        d) Linda

    36. How is the ending of the story best described?
        a) Expected
        b) Comic
        c) Ironically tragic ✅
        d) Heroic

    37. What does Louise believe about the future?
        a) It will be sad
        b) It will be free and hers alone ✅
        c) It holds only death
        d) It is meaningless

    38. What literary movement does this story belong to?
        a) Romanticism
        b) Modernism
        c) Realism ✅
        d) Expressionism

    39. What natural images are seen from the window?
        a) Snow and icicles
        b) Thunder and rain
        c) Trees, sky, birds ✅
        d) Mountains and rivers

    40. What word best defines Louise’s final state of mind?
        a) Depressed
        b) Angry
        c) Liberated ✅
        d) Vengeful

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    41. What time of year is suggested in the story?
        a) Winter
        b) Summer
        c) Spring ✅
        d) Autumn

    42. The “elixir of life” mentioned in the story refers to—
        a) A literal drink
        b) A perfume
        c) A metaphor for hope ✅
        d) A medicine

    43. Louise realizes that love is—
        a) All that matters
        b) A mystery with little value ✅
        c) Unnecessary
        d) Greater than freedom

    44. Which word describes her emotional transformation?
        a) Linear
        b) Passive
        c) Progressive ✅
        d) Inconsistent

    45. What does “repression” refer to in the story?
        a) Political censorship
        b) Hidden desires ✅
        c) Disease
        d) Rewriting history

    46. What does the story challenge about marriage?
        a) Its legality
        b) Its emotional benefits
        c) Its effect on personal freedom ✅
        d) Its economic stability

    47. Why is the story considered feminist literature?
        a) It discusses fashion
        b) It shows a woman’s personal awakening ✅
        c) It portrays men as evil
        d) It ends in protest

    48. Louise’s death reveals—
        a) Her physical weakness
        b) The power of illusion
        c) The tragic cost of lost freedom ✅
        d) How fragile marriage is

    49. What ironic twist ends the story?
        a) Josephine dies
        b) Brently never loved her
        c) Brently is alive, and Louise dies ✅
        d) Richards is her real husband

    50. The title “The Story of an Hour” emphasizes—
        a) A whole day
        b) Brief emotional transformation ✅
        c) A suspenseful thriller
        d) Childhood memories

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