Question

16. How much time passes in the short story by Kate Chopin, “A Story of an Hour?"

Answer 1

Answer: b. 1 hour

Explanation:

“A Story of an Hour'' tells a story of a woman who has just found out that her husband had died in an accident. She immediately mourns him but after some reasoning decides that his death has given her a new sense of freedom and a new lease on life.

When she comes out however, she finds that the husband was alive after all and this caused her to have a heart attack which killed her. The events of this story happened in the space of an hour which is where the book gets its title.