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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the narrator’s husband take her at the beginning of the story?
2. What does the narrator think is happening to the wallpaper pattern at night?
3. How much time passes before the narration continues after it suddenly stopped in the first section?
4. Fill in the blank: It goes behind every piece of furniture, except the bed, a long, straight, even ________, as if it had been rubbed over and over.
5. Why can’t the door to the nursery be opened?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the narrator abruptly end her narration in the first few pages?
2. In 1862, what was the standard cure for depression, specifically after a woman has had a baby?
3. Why does the narrator think her husband was able to rent the summer house at such short notice?
4. What is suggested by the narrator’s multiple descriptions of the wallpaper?
5. The narrator believes the wallpaper has an odor. How does she describe the odor?
6. The narrator briefly considers jumping out the window. Why does she decide against it?
7. What does the narrator’s husband and brother prescribe to her for her condition?
8. Why does John threaten to send the narrator to Weir Mitchell?
9. How has the major life event that the narrator recently endured affected her mental health?
10. How is the narrator similar to the figure she sees in the paper?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe John’s character. Does he change? Is John a round or flat character? Static or dynamic?
Essay Topic 2
Scan the text for dialogue that occurs between the narrator and John. How does the talk to her? What names does her call her? What does this suggest?
Essay Topic 3
The narrator has been prescribed strict rest, which prohibits her from reading or writing. Why does she choose to do so anyway? Why does writing bring her comfort?
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