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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. When does the narrator say the wallpaper becomes clearer?
2. What type of figure does the narrator believe she sees in the pattern?
3. What figure becomes very clear in moonlight, clearer than before: “plain as can be.”
4. Where does John go toward the end of the story?
5. What does the moonlight illuminate on the wallpaper?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does what John calls the narrator in the middle of the nightsuggest about their relationship?
2. Where does the narrator think she sees the woman in the wallpaper?
3. Why does the narrator feel bad for the woman in the wallpaper?
4. The narrator says that she watches the paper always. What does this increasing obsession suggest about the narrator?
5. What does the fact that the narrator says John “pretended to be living and kind” suggest about the narrator’s condition?
6. How has the major life event that the narrator recently endured affected her mental health?
7. In 1862, what was the standard cure for depression, specifically after a woman has had a baby?
8. What is suggested by the narrator’s multiple descriptions of the wallpaper?
9. Who does the narrator want to help save the woman in the wallpaper?
10. Why is the narrator afraid of being sent to Weir Mitchell?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The narrator states that she will not jump out of the window lest it be misconstrued. Why is she more concerned about her reputation rather than the fact that if she jumped out the window she would be severely injured or killed? What does this suggest?
Essay Topic 2
The narrator describes the wallpaper many times. What does the repetition in description suggest?
Essay Topic 3
Why does the narrator remain unnamed in the story? What does this symbolize?
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