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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. What does the narrator say it looks like the bed has been through?

2. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a(n) _________.

3. Who is the author of The Yellow Wallpaper?

4. What color stains does Jennie find on their clothing?

5. What does the narrator do while John is gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the narrator think she sees the woman in the wallpaper?

2. What are some indications that the narrator is, in fact, not getting better?

3. Why have the narrator and her husband rented the summer house?

4. How is the narrator’s behavior changing because of her obsession?

5. Why is the narrator afraid of being sent to Weir Mitchell?

6. What does John’s action after seeing his wife creeping around the room suggest about John?

7. What does what John calls the narrator in the middle of the nightsuggest about their relationship?

8. What doesn’t the narrator mind about the nursery at first?

9. In 1862, what was the standard cure for depression, specifically after a woman has had a baby?

10. What does John call the narrator in the middle of the night? And why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define unreliable narrator. Based on this definition: is the narrator a reliable or unreliable narrator?

Essay Topic 2

The narrator describes the wallpaper many times. What does the repetition in description suggest?

Essay Topic 3

How does the narrator change throughout the story? What moments in the story are indicative of a change?

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