What does the narrator’s description of the wallpaper in "the yellow wallpaper" reveal about her worldview?
a. she feels a great deal of pressure to behave a certain way, as if everyone is always watching her.
b. she does not like interacting with people because they aren’t able to understand the wallpaper.
c. she feels overpowered by everyone in her life, which is why she is refusing to see her family.
d. she feels that her needs are well taken care of by her husband and other members of her family.

Read the excerpt from a history of the world in 100 objects. power is usually not willingly given, but forcefully taken; and in both europe and america the nineteenth century was punctuated by political protest, with periodic revolutions on the continent, the civil war in america and, in britain, a steady struggle to widen the suffrage. what would be a benefit of reading this text rather than listening to an audio version of it? the reader could analyze the text features in the excerpt. the reader could visualize the description given. the reader could set his or her own pace and reread parts for clarity. the reader could hear the sounds of the political protest.

Which of the narrator's statements in "the yellow wallpaper" suggests that she does not think women are too frail to be intellectual? a.i verily believe she thinks it is the writing which made me sick! b.of course i didn't do a thing. jennie sees to everything now. c. i don't feel as if it was worth while to turn my hand over for anything, and i'm getting dreadfully fretful and querulous. d. so i walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the roses, and lie down up here a good deal.

Which type of story uses animals as characters in order to illustrate a general truth about human nature?