Question

read the excerpt from \why i wrote the yellow wallpaper.\ the little book is valued by alienists and as a good specimen of one kind of literature. it has, to my knowledge, saved one woman from a similar fate—so terrifying her family that they let her out into normal activity and she recovered. what does gilman indicate is the impact of her work? women are more likely to read literature that they can relate to. women are more likely to seek employment that satisfies them. women are more likely to frighten their families in order to escape them. women are more likely to have a voice in their own treatment.

Explanation:

To determine the impact, analyze the excerpt: "saved one woman from a similar fate—so terrifying her family that they let her out into normal activity and she recovered." This shows the woman's family changed her treatment (let her into normal activity) because of the work. Option D ("Women are more likely to have a voice in their own treatment") aligns: the work led to the woman gaining a say (via family changing her treatment). Other options: A is about reading relatable lit (not supported), B about employment (not in excerpt), C about frightening family to escape (excerpt says family let her out due to fear, but the impact is about her treatment, not her frightening them as a strategy).

Answer:

D. Women are more likely to have a voice in their own treatment.