Question

literary text evidence quick check
use the passage to answer the question.
which detail can be inferred from this
passage that is not explicitly stated?
(1 point)
the story of an
hour
by kate chopin
mrs. mallard has had difficulty
controlling her emotions in the past.
knowing that mrs. mallard was afflicted with a
mrs. mallards heart problems were
heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her
caused by stress from her marriage.
as gently as possible the news of her husbands
death...
mrs. mallard had hoped to spend many
good years with her husband.
she did not hear the story as many women have
heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept
mrs. mallard was not happy in her
its significance. she wept at once, with sudden,
marriage to her husband.
wild abandonment, in her sisters 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

Explanation:

The passage shows Mrs. Mallard's reaction to her husband's death. She weeps initially but then goes to her room alone. The fact that she has a heart condition and the way she reacts (not being paralyzed in grief like many women but having a different emotional journey) implies that her marriage was not a source of happiness. There is no explicit mention of her not being happy in marriage, but the overall context (her reaction to the news, her going to be alone) suggests this inference. The other options:

• There is no prior indication in the given passage about her having difficulty controlling emotions in the past.
• There is no mention that her heart problems were due to marriage - related stress.
• There is no hint that she hoped to spend many good years with her husband (her reaction after the initial grief is more about a new sense of self, not about losing a happy future with him).

Answer:

Mrs. Mallard was not happy in her marriage to her husband.