Question 6 • CMS 2026-2027 English III CREDIT RECOVERY
Read the excerpt from "Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper.'" Being naturally moved to rejoicing by this narrow escape, I wrote The Yellow Wallpaper , with its embellishments and additions, to carry out the ideal (I never had hallucinations or objections to my mural decorations) and sent a copy to the physician who so nearly drove me mad. He never acknowledged it. What was Gilman’s most likely reason for sending a copy of her story to her former physician?
Answer
A
She wanted him to come visit her to discuss her work.
B
She wanted to encourage him to continue treating her.
C
She wanted him to prescribe a new treatment plan for her.
D
She wanted to show him that his treatment plan was wrong.
Explanation
Gilman says she wrote the story after narrowly escaping the treatment that nearly drove her mad, and then sent it to the physician responsible for that treatment. This suggests she wanted him to see the story as evidence that his treatment plan had been harmful and wrong. She was not asking him to continue treating her or prescribe a new plan.
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