Name ____________________________________ Date: _________________

The Death of a Bachelor

1. With what situation does this story open?

2. Why is the doctor bitter?

3. What other two people have been summoned to the bachelor’s apartment?

4. Whose wife is dead?

5. What information connects the three visitors, and how do they discover it?

6. How does the bachelor’s letter affect each man as he thinks of his relationship, present or past, with his wife?

7. Supply the details of each man’s memory.

8. What emotion do the doctor and the author experience?

9. What remarks does the author make to the doctor concerning confidentiality?

10. How does the author envision the outcome of leaving the bachelor’s letter among his own possessions for his wife to discover after he dies?

11. Is there iron in the author’s concept? Refer to your answer to question #10.