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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. Fill in the blank: The narrator is so angry at the climax of the story that she wants to ___________.
2. The narrator describes the wallpaper having a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and _____________
3. John calls the narrator back to bed by calling her this name:
4. What does the narrator think John is looking at when he is in the room?
5. The narrator begs John to _______:
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What does John call the narrator in the middle of the night? And why?
3. What does the narrator’s husband and brother prescribe to her for her condition?
4. Why have the narrator and her husband rented the summer house?
5. In 1862, what was the standard cure for depression, specifically after a woman has had a baby?
6. How does the narrator think the “smooch” on the wall was created?
7. The narrator believes the wallpaper has an odor. How does she describe the odor?
8. What does the narrator say “exhausts” her?
9. What doesn’t the narrator mind about the nursery at first?
10. What is the wallpaper’s odor a metaphor for?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe John’s character. Does he change? Is John a round or flat character? Static or dynamic?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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