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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 her fury, what does the narrator bite?

2. What is the narrator’s husband’s name?

3. What year was this story published?

4. Who does the narrator think she sees creeping outside her windows?

5. The story covers the span of what season?

Short Essay Questions

1. What description is horrifying about the wallpaper?

2. Why does the narrator think her husband was able to rent the summer house at such short notice?

3. The narrator briefly considers jumping out the window. Why does she decide against it?

4. Who does the narrator want to help save the woman in the wallpaper?

5. Why does it bother the narrator that she cannot read or write while recuperating?

6. What is the wallpaper’s odor a metaphor for?

7. What does John do when he sees the narrator creeping around the room?

8. Why does the narrator seem jealous when she catches first John, and then Jennie, looking at the wallpaper?

9. What’s illuminating about the conversation between John and the narrator on page 110? What is his tone with her? How does he treat her?

10. Who does John tell the narrator is the only person who can truly help her out of her sickness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the story the narrator becomes increasingly interested by the perceived woman in the wallpaper. How is the narrator symbolically similar to the woman she describes in the wallpaper?

Essay Topic 2

Describe John’s character. Does he change? Is John a round or flat character? Static or dynamic?

Essay Topic 3

The narrator describes the wallpaper many times. What does the repetition in description suggest?

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