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What is a major theme of “The Yellow Wallpaper”?

How does John react when he sees what the narrator has done to the room?

 What does the nursery setting suggest about the narrator’s treatment?

What treatment does John prescribe for the narrator?

Which room in the house does the narrator occupy?

What is the narrator forbidden from doing during her treatment?

What is the narrator’s husband’s name?

 How does the narrator feel about the yellow wallpaper at first?

Directions: Read the paragraph below. Then select the number of the sentence that contains the main idea.   (1)Shakespeare wrote that “all the world’s a stage.” (2)He meant that everyone has at least one part, or role, to play in life. (3)In fact, every role we play has an “on stage” and a “backstage” area; in the first area, we’re on our best behavior; but in the second area, we can “let our hair down.” (4)For example, in the dining room, a waiter is “on stage.” (5)No matter how rushed he is or how annoyed he feels, a waiter is expected to be polite and helpful to his customers. (6)Once he returns to the kitchen, however, it’s another matter. (7)There he is “backstage” and can let his true feelings show. (8)In the kitchen, the waiter can make sarcastic remarks about the customers or even joke about serving a plate of food that’s been dropped.   The sentence that states the main idea of the paragraph is

Directions: Read the paragraph below. Then select the topic of the passage.   (1)In 1801, a candidate for Congress challenged to a duel an Army officer who called him “a bowl of skimmed milk.” (2)At that duel, the two men killed each other. (3)Newspaper editors were challenged so often that many put on their pistols when they dressed in the morning. (4)In Vicksburg, Mississippi, three newspaper editors died in duels in the 1840s. (5)These examples indicate that as recently as the 1800s, dueling with weapons was a common way to defend one’s honor.   The topic is