The Yellow Wallpaper

The story is written from this point of view

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

• 3rd person omniscient

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To improve the narrator's health, her family decides to...

• Rent a home in the country

• Eat more vegetables

• Get plenty of exercise

• Pray regularly

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The most battered thing in the narrator's room is

• her old GameCube

• the bed

• the curtains

• the rug

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This story is ironic because

• We know information that the characters in this play lack.

• Sarcasm is used to express the opposite of the literal meaning of the text.

• Actions are having effects opposite of the intended effects.

• The overall mood is creepy.

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The narrator's husband thinks her health is

• improving over the course of the story

• deteriorating over the course of the story

• improving slowly, then deteriorating

• deteriorating sharply, then improving occasionally

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The narrator's attitude toward her husband's treatment of her might best be described as

• defiant
• resigned
• angry
• frustrated

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Doing nothing all day made the narrator _____ ______

• Extremely anxious

• Very happy

• Extremely tired

• Extremely sad

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The narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" agrees to stay in the old house, even though she is troubled by it, because her husband says it's best for her. What can the reader reasonably infer from this about the narrator?

• A. That she is secretly planning her escape from the house.

• B. That she is used to following her husband's directions.

• C. That she often stands up for herself against her husband

• D. That she is very sick and really does need the rest.

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The narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" agrees to stop writing, even though she feels it is helpful to her condition, because her husband says it's best for her. What can the reader reasonably infer from this about the narrator?

• A. That she is secretly planning to escape and continue her writing

• B. That she is exhausted by writing and is happy to give it up.

• C.l That she is confused about what her husband is asking of her

• D. That she usually tries to follow her husband directions

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What aspect of the room seems to most bother the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

• A. The bars on the window

• B. The view from the window

• C. The pattern of the wallpaper

• D. The rips in the wallpaper

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