Read the excerpt from "the yellow wallpaper."

if a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do?
my brother is also a physician, and also of high standing, and he says the same thing.
so i take phosphates or phosphites—whichever it is, and tonics, and journeys, and air, and exercise, and am absolutely forbidden to “work” until i am well again.

what does the narrator’s description reveal about the social context of the story?
a. women were able to make their own decisions about working.
b. doctors were believed to be unquestionably all-knowing.
c. husbands were reluctant to take doctors’ advice.
d. wives were considered to be less fragile than husbands.

Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?

Which characteristic of james baldwin’s “notes of a native son” qualify as a work of literary nonfiction

Why does the narrator come to the house of usher