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QuizMultiple Choice

Early Stream of Consciousness and Feminism in Fiction

Question 9 • GA-Literature and Composition III A

Which of the narrator’s statements in "The Yellow Wallpaper" suggests that she does not think women are too frail to be intellectual?

Answer
A
I verily believe she thinks it is the writing which made me sick!
B
Of course I didn’t do a thing. Jennie sees to everything now.
C
I don’t feel as if it was worth while to turn my hand over for anything, and I’m getting dreadfully fretful and querulous.
D
So I walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the roses, and lie down up here a good deal.

Explanation

The narrator’s statement that she believes her sister-in-law thinks writing made her sick shows she recognizes that her intellectual work is being treated as harmful. By questioning that belief, she suggests women are not naturally too frail for intellectual activity. The other choices describe her dependence, irritability, or routine rather than challenging assumptions about women’s intellectual abilities.

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