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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. What does John cry for to break down the door?

2. What does the narrator say it looks like the bed has been through?

3. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?

4. John calls the narrator back to bed by calling her this name:

5. In her fury, what does the narrator bite?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the narrator think she sees the woman in the wallpaper?

2. What does the narrator say “exhausts” her?

3. How does the narrator feel about her husband and brother’s prescriptions?

4. Why doesn’t the narrator cry in front of Jennie or John?

5. What does what John calls the narrator in the middle of the nightsuggest about their relationship?

6. Why doesn’t the narrator want others to touch the wallpaper?

7. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper in the middle of the story?

8. How does the narrator describe the countryside?

9. How is the narrator similar to the figure she sees in the paper?

10. What is the “smooch” on the wall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

One moment the narrator says she likes the nursery and is glad for it, and the next moment she wishes that John would take her away. What do the inconsistencies suggest?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How does the narrator’s perception of her husband change? What is the evidence of this within the text?

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