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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. In the last paragraph, what does the narrator do?
2. The protagonist is narrating her what?
3. Fill in the blank: The narrator is so angry at the climax of the story that she wants to ___________.
4. What color stains does Jennie find on their clothing?
5. What does the narrator think is happening to the wallpaper pattern at night?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator’s husband and brother prescribe to her for her condition?
2. How does the narrator describe the countryside?
3. How does the narrator feel about her husband and brother’s prescriptions?
4. Why doesn’t the narrator want others to touch the wallpaper?
5. How is the narrator similar to the figure she sees in the paper?
6. Why does the narrator say John “pretended to be loving and kind”?
7. At what point does this short story hit its climax?
8. What is the “smooch” on the wall?
9. How does the narrator think the “smooch” on the wall was created?
10. Who does the narrator want to help save the woman in the wallpaper?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
A rest-cure was often prescribed for a variety of mental illnesses in the 1800’s. Why does the narrator believe that something to keep her mind busy is actually better for her than following her husband’s prescription when he is a physician?
Essay Topic 2
Why does the narrator remain unnamed in the story? What does this symbolize?
Essay Topic 3
John faints when he sees the narrator creeping along the wall in the last scene of the story. His fainting suggests that the narrator has done well in keeping the severity of her illness a secret. Has she done a good job of keeping her illness a secret? Find evidence that supports this. OR, does her husband just not pay that much attention to her? Find evidence to support this.
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