Rousseau was never permitted to

a) play with his cousins
b) play with his aunt and uncle
c) play with his brother at any time
d) play in the streets with other children

its hard for me to see which word is supposed to be in bold. if i knew then i would be able to better.

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.