English 11 Alternative FINAL Review

"The Yellow Wallpaper":

What is the author's likely purpose for the narrator's lengthy and changing descriptions of the wallpaper?

• To help the reader visualize the setting in a more vivid way.

• To suggest that the wallpaper's designs reveal visual aspects of the narrator's own life.

• To reflect the narrator's gradual descent into insanity.

• To reveal that there is no wallpaper, and everything the narrator sees is a figment of her imagination.

"The Yellow Wallpaper":

By the end of the story, the narrator is convinced that: 

• She is going to be trapped in the room forever.

• The house really is haunted.

• John is cheating on her.

• She is the woman living in and freed from the wallpaper.

"The Yellow Wallpaper":

Which of the following best summarizes a central idea of the text?

• Women are easily excitable and prone to both physical and mental illness.

• Rest and relaxation can only help so much.

• Refusing to address an issue is not the same thing as curing it.

• Choosing the right home decor is important.

"The Yellow Wallpaper":

The tone of the story is best described as

• Aggressive

• Paranoid

• Mysterious

• Enthusiastic

Who wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”?

• Charlotte Perkins Gillman

• J.K. Rowling

• Virginia Woolf

• Shakespeare

In the early part of the 20th century, many southern African Americans relocated cities in the North like New York and Chicago. This was known as

• The Harlem Renaissance

• The Reawakening

• The Great Migration

• The Exodus

The Harlem Renaissance was an artistic movement, but it was primarily associated with

• Music and Poetry

• Art and Performing Arts

• Painting and Architecture

• Novels and Short Stories

Best known as a poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar published his first poems at age __________ .

• 12

• 30

• 16

• 50

Missouri-born Langston Hughes was the Harlem Renaissance’s best known__________ .

• Singer

• Actor

• Poet

• Musician

Claude McKay’s poems expressed the pain of life in the __________.

• City

• Country

• Ghetto

• Neighborhood