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In "The Yellow Wallpaper," which description of the narrator’s room best indicates that it probably was not a nursery in the past?

It is a big, airy room . . . with windows that look all ways, and air and sunshine galore.

The furniture in this room is no worse than inharmonious, however, for we had to bring it all from downstairs.

There is a very funny mark on this wall, low down, near the mopboard.

The windows are barred . . . and there are rings and things in the walls.

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Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do?My brother is also a physician, and also of high standing, and he says the same thing.So I take phosphates or phosphites—whichever it is, and tonics, and journeys, and air, and exercise, and am absolutely forbidden to “work” until I am well again. What does the narrator’s description reveal about the social context of the story?

Women were able to make their own decisions about working.

Doctors were believed to be unquestionably all-knowing.

Husbands were reluctant to take doctors’ advice.

Wives were considered to be less fragile than husbands.

In "The Yellow Wallpaper," what does the narrator’s focus on the spreading smell of the wallpaper indicate is happening?

She has become obsessed with the wallpaper.

She does not think that Jennie is a good housekeeper.

She resents John for renting a house in the country.

She prefers fog and rain to other weather.

Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."I don’t like our room a bit. I wanted one downstairs that opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window, and such pretty old-fashioned chintz hangings! but John would not hear of it.He said there was only one window and not room for two beds, and no near room for him if he took another.He is very careful and loving, and hardly lets me stir without special direction.Which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of Gilman’s time?

John makes decisions on his wife’s behalf, which illustrates that she is not in control of her own fate.

John’s words to his wife indicate that he is a strange and mysterious character who may have other motives.

The narrator’s description of the nearly windowless room contributes to the sense of longing and fear.

The narrator’s description of the rooms that open to the piazza contributes to the sense of mystery and suspense.

Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."I wonder how it was done and who did it, and what they did it for. Round and round and round—round and round and round—it makes me dizzy!I really have discovered something at last.Through watching so much at night, when it changes so, I have finally found out.The front pattern DOES move—and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it!Sometimes I think there are a great many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast, and her crawling shakes it all over.Then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard.And she is all the time trying to climb through.Which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of Gilman’s time?

The fact that the pattern moves contributes to the idea that the narrator’s husband is tyrannical.

The fact that the pattern moves creates a sense of mystery and suspense, since the source of the moving is unknown.

The image of the woman trying to escape suggests that supernatural forces are present in the narrator’s room.

The image of the woman trying to escape contributes to the idea that the narrator feels trapped and unable to control her fate.

Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."The front pattern DOES move—and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it!Sometimes I think there are a great many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast, and her crawling shakes it all over.Then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard.And she is all the time trying to climb through. But nobody could climb through that pattern—it strangles so; I think that is why it has so many heads.They get through, and then the pattern strangles them off and turns them upside down, and makes their eyes white!If those heads were covered or taken off it would not be half so bad.I think that woman gets out in the daytime!And I’ll tell you why—privately—I’ve seen her!I can see her out of every one of my windows!It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight.I see her on that long road under the trees, creeping along, and when a carriage comes she hides under the blackberry vines.I don’t blame her a bit. It must be very humiliating to be caught creeping by daylight!Whom does the narrator see hiding in the wallpaper?

herself, trapped in her life

Jennie, trapped in her job

the neighbor, trapped outside the house

Mary, trapped with the baby

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

I verily believe she thinks it is the writing which made me sick!

Of course I didn’t do a thing. Jennie sees to everything now.

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.

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.

Which excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper" contradicts the narrator’s belief that she is improving?

I really do eat better, and am more quiet than I was.

Life is very much more exciting now than it used to be. You see I have something more to expect, to look forward to, to watch.

I don’t sleep much at night, for it is so interesting to watch developments; but I sleep a good deal in the daytime.

John is so pleased to see me improve! He laughed a little the other day, and said I seemed to be flourishing in spite of my wall-paper.

Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."At first he meant to repaper the room, but afterwards he said that I was letting it get the better of me, and that nothing was worse for a nervous patient than to give way to such fancies.Which gothic element in this excerpt reflects a social attitude of Gilman’s time?

The narrator feels an inevitable sense of doom.

The qualities of the wallpaper create a sense of mystery.

John appears to be a supernatural being.

John views his wife’s concerns as unimportant and silly.

Read the excerpt from "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper.'"Then, using the remnants of intelligence that remained, and helped by a wise friend, I cast the noted specialist’s advice to the winds and went to work again—work, the normal life of every human being; work, in which is joy and growth and service, without which one is a pauper and a parasite—ultimately recovering some measure of power.Which social attitude of Gilman’s era does this excerpt demonstrate?

Working gives people a sense of competence and control.

Working is something that is done with the hands not the mind.

Working is only for those who have to make money to survive.

Working against a doctor’s advice has negative consequences.

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