Artin gives her the rock and sends him to clean the stable C) she suspects the rock is gold, but she di

D. She knows that the lye she uses to make soap can also confirm whether the rock is gold.

Explanation:

In the text she says that if the rock is gold, it would not be harmed by the lye. This affects the plot because now they know that there will be a truthful possibility whether they found gold or not.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

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