Sickness and Wallpaper
Vocabulary 1
Titles and Stories
Vocabulary 2
Ironing and Children
100
The yellow wallpaper that the wife hates is in the room she and her husband are staying in. What did that room used to be?
What is the nursery.
100
This word means "harsh ridicule or mockery; scorn"
What is "derision"
100
This story is about the three month stay of a couple in a summer house with awful decor.
What is "The Yellow Wallpaper"
100
This word means "not alive; lifeless"
What is "inanimate"
100
How many children (including Emily) are apart of the family?
What is five.
200
What does the wife do to the wallpaper at the end of the story?
What is she rips it down.
200
This word means, "shockingly bad or lacking in taste; awful"
What is "atrocious"
200
This story is about a wife and her newly found independence from her husband when he is discovered to have died in a railroad accident.
What is "The Story of an Hour"
200
This word means "persistence in the face of difficulty, determination"
What is "perseverance"
200
How many years is the age gap between Emily and her step-sister Susan?
What is five years.
300
What does the wife believe she's done to the woman in the wallpaper at the end of the story?
What is set her free.
300
This word means "happiness and bliss"
What is "felicity"
300
This story was about a girl named Emily and the way she was raised by her mother, who became a single-parent after Emily's father left.
What is "I Stand Here Ironing"
300
This word means "obvious, apparent"
What is "patent"
300
At the Convalescent home, Emily is treated very poorly. She is served bad food, was not allowed to keep personal items, and what other poor treatment?
What is limited visitation from her family.
400
The husband believes that his wife will benefit from the following treatments: Medicine, air, exercise, not working, tonics, and what else?
What is sleep.
400
Fill in the sentence with the vocabulary word that best fits. "When given a writing assignment the juniors become ____________________ because they don't enjoy writing about themselves"
What is "querulous"
400
This story is told by an unidentified narrator.
What is "The Story of an Hour"
400
Fill in the sentence with the vocabulary word that best fits. "While she was dancing her hips were ________________ as they swayed from side to side"
What is "undulating"
400
What talent does Emily discover she is naturally good at?
What is comedy/telling jokes.
500
The narrator of the story believes that John's company and what else will make her better?
What is company of others.
500
Fill in the sentence with the vocabulary word that best fits. "Greg was _____________ unappreciative that his order was incorrect when he got lunch"
What is "basely"
500
Which story is told as a journal?
What is "The Yellow Wallpaper"
500
Fill in the sentence with the vocabulary word that best fits. "When Black Friday shopping, some customers act with ___________________________ towards store employees while trying to score deals"
What is "impertinence"
500
Emily's mother blames the way Emily's life turned out on several factors; she says that Emily was plain-looking in a world that beauty ruled, that she had been a young mother, and there were four younger children to take care of. What other reason does Emily's mother blame?
What is Emily's father leaving.
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