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Contemporary Short Story Resolution

Description: Test your knowledge of the resolutions of contemporary short stories with this challenging quiz.
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In the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, how does the narrator resolve his guilt over the murder he committed?

  1. He confesses to the police.

  2. He buries the body and forgets about it.

  3. He goes insane and dies.

  4. He is haunted by the victim's ghost.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The narrator's guilt over the murder drives him to insanity, and he eventually dies.

In the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, how does the community resolve its annual ritual of stoning one of its members?

  1. They vote to end the ritual.

  2. They choose a scapegoat to be stoned.

  3. They draw lots to determine who will be stoned.

  4. They stone the first person they see.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The community resolves its annual ritual of stoning one of its members by drawing lots to determine who will be stoned.

In the short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, how does the grandmother resolve her conflict with her family?

  1. She accepts their differences and learns to love them.

  2. She disowns them and leaves them behind.

  3. She tries to change them, but they resist.

  4. She dies in a car accident before she can resolve the conflict.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The grandmother dies in a car accident before she can resolve her conflict with her family.

In the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, how does the narrator resolve her conflict with her husband?

  1. She escapes from the house and runs away.

  2. She commits suicide.

  3. She goes insane and is institutionalized.

  4. She convinces her husband to let her go home.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The narrator's conflict with her husband drives her to insanity, and she is eventually institutionalized.

In the short story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway, how does the couple resolve their conflict over whether or not to have an abortion?

  1. They decide to have the abortion.

  2. They decide not to have the abortion.

  3. They agree to disagree and leave the decision up to fate.

  4. They break up and go their separate ways.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The couple resolves their conflict over whether or not to have an abortion by agreeing to disagree and leaving the decision up to fate.

In the short story "The Night Oak Street Burned Down" by Thomas Pool, how does the protagonist resolve his conflict with his father?

  1. He confronts his father and tells him how he feels.

  2. He runs away from home.

  3. He writes a letter to his father expressing his feelings.

  4. He burns down his father's house.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The protagonist resolves his conflict with his father by confronting him and telling him how he feels.

In the short story "The Swimmer" by John Cheever, how does the protagonist resolve his conflict with his wife?

  1. He apologizes to her and promises to change his ways.

  2. He leaves her and moves away.

  3. He drowns in the pool.

  4. He has a heart attack and dies.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The protagonist resolves his conflict with his wife by drowning in the pool.

In the short story "Cathedral" by Raymond Carver, how does the protagonist resolve his conflict with his blind friend?

  1. He learns to see the world through his friend's eyes.

  2. He helps his friend to see the world through his eyes.

  3. They agree to disagree and go their separate ways.

  4. They break up their friendship.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The protagonist resolves his conflict with his blind friend by learning to see the world through his friend's eyes.

In the short story "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien, how does the protagonist resolve his conflict with the war?

  1. He writes a book about his experiences.

  2. He joins a veterans' support group.

  3. He goes back to Vietnam to confront his demons.

  4. He commits suicide.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The protagonist resolves his conflict with the war by writing a book about his experiences.

In the short story "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri, how does the protagonist resolve her conflict with her husband?

  1. She leaves him and moves away.

  2. She confronts him and tells him how she feels.

  3. They agree to go to counseling.

  4. They decide to have a child.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The protagonist resolves her conflict with her husband by agreeing to go to counseling.

In the short story "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan, how does the protagonist resolve her conflict with her mother?

  1. She writes a letter to her mother expressing her feelings.

  2. She confronts her mother and tells her how she feels.

  3. She goes to therapy to deal with her issues.

  4. She moves away from her mother.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The protagonist resolves her conflict with her mother by writing a letter to her mother expressing her feelings.

In the short story "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros, how does the protagonist resolve her conflict with her family?

  1. She leaves home and moves away.

  2. She confronts her family and tells them how she feels.

  3. She writes a book about her experiences.

  4. She joins a support group for young women.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The protagonist resolves her conflict with her family by leaving home and moving away.

In the short story "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, how does the protagonist resolve her conflict with her husband?

  1. She leaves him and moves away.

  2. She confronts him and tells him how she feels.

  3. They agree to go to counseling.

  4. She kills him.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The protagonist resolves her conflict with her husband by leaving him and moving away.

In the short story "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, how does the protagonist resolve her conflict with her past?

  1. She confronts her past and comes to terms with it.

  2. She runs away from her past and tries to forget it.

  3. She writes a book about her experiences.

  4. She joins a support group for survivors of trauma.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The protagonist resolves her conflict with her past by confronting it and coming to terms with it.

In the short story "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini, how does the protagonist resolve his conflict with his friend?

  1. He confronts his friend and tells him how he feels.

  2. He writes a letter to his friend expressing his feelings.

  3. He goes to therapy to deal with his issues.

  4. He moves away from his friend.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The protagonist resolves his conflict with his friend by confronting him and telling him how he feels.

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