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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 Jennie not realize that the narrator has?

2. What does the narrator think that the figure in the wallpaper is trying to do?

3. John thinks the narrator is getting _________ when he talks to her in the night.

4. At the climax of the story, who does the narrator think that she has become?

5. Who is the housekeeper?

Short Essay Questions

1. What major life event has the narrator just endured?

2. Why does the narrator feel bad for the woman in the wallpaper?

3. Why does the narrator say John “pretended to be loving and kind”?

4. Why does the narrator suggest she’s not getting well because ofthe fact that her husband is a physician? What does this say about their relationship?

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

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

7. What does the fact that the narrator says John “pretended to be living and kind” suggest about the narrator’s condition?

8. Who is Weir Mitchell?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the story progresses, the narrator acts more and more like a child. What actions support this statement? How do others treat her differently as the she changes?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Define unreliable narrator. Based on this definition: is the narrator a reliable or unreliable narrator?

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