SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS

  1. What is the character of the speaker? How does the speaker's personality contribute to the humor of the story?
  2. What sort of story did he contemplate writing?
  3. What is the character of the speaker's wife? How does her personality contribute to the humor of the story?
  4. What gives humor to Theodore's remarks?
  5. Why is the incident of meeting the policeman mentioned early in the story?
  6. What gives humor to Mrs. Revis's remarks?
  7. What misunderstandings give humor to the story?