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Read these lines: "I lie down ever so much now. John says it is good for me, and to sleep all I can. Indeed, he started the habit by making me lie down for an hour after each meal. It is a very bad habit, I am convinced, for, you see, I do not sleep. And that cultivates deceit, for I do not tell them I am awake." What is the main point here?
AThe ordered rest has taught her to hide things
BThe ordered rest has cured her sleeplessness
CShe sleeps far better than she did before
DShe has asked to be allowed to rest more
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. The ordered rest has taught her to hide things
1. 1. The habit is traced to its source: he started it by making her lie down after each meal.
2. 2. She then reports that lying down does not bring sleep.
3. 3. Because she is awake and does not say so, the hours of lying down become hours of concealment.
4. 4. The word cultivates makes the deceit a thing grown by the habit, which is the point of the lines.
5. 5. Options A and C claim the rest works, which the words I do not sleep deny.
6. 6. The habit was imposed on her rather than requested, so option D reverses who wanted it.
_Source: The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)_
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