Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892): John is a physician, and the narrator says "perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster." Which question does the passage leave unsettled?

Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener" (1853): the lawyer says of Bartleby, "nothing is ascertainable" except his observations and "one vague report." Which issue remains least settled?

Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" (1894): Josephine tells Mrs. Mallard in "veiled hints that revealed in half concealing," with Richards nearby. Which question remains open?

Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown" (1835): the narrator asks whether Brown had "fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch-meeting," yet his life afterward darkened. What can a close reader still not determine?

James, The Turn of the Screw (1898): Douglas says, "Nobody but me, till now, has ever heard. It's quite too horrible." At this point, what is still uncertain?

Kafka, Metamorphosis (1915; Wyllie trans.): after Gregor Samsa wakes transformed, the text says, "It wasn't a dream." Which uncertainty does the text preserve?

Joyce, "Araby" in Dubliners (1914): after saying "I will bring you something," the boy reaches a stall and answers, "No, thank you." What does the excerpt not settle?

Stockton, "The Lady, or the Tiger?" (1882): the princess signals right, and the youth opens that door. The narrator leaves the outcome to the reader. Which question about the princess is never resolved?

Woolf, "The Mark on the Wall" (1917): after many guesses, someone says there is "a snail on our wall," and the narrator concludes, "It was a snail." What remains uncertain?

Faulkner, "A Rose for Emily" (1930): in the sealed room the narrator says, "One of us lifted something from it," and then "we saw a long strand of iron-gray hair." Which detail does the narration withhold?

Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892): the narrator lies awake deciding whether the patterns "move together or separately." What evidence would settle whether the paper physically moves?

James, The Turn of the Screw (1898): Douglas calls the tale "For dreadful—dreadfulness!" What additional evidence would clarify what he means by that warning?

James, "The Beast in the Jungle" (1903): May says Marcher's fear may correspond "To some possible reality." What would most directly test whether she believes this or is humoring him?

Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" (1894): doctors say Mrs. Mallard died "of joy that kills." What evidence would best settle whether that diagnosis matches her inward experience?

Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839): at first sight of the house, the narrator says, "I know not how it was." What evidence would move his reaction beyond uncertainty?

Melville, "Bartleby, the Scrivener" (1853): the Dead Letter Office past is introduced as "one vague report." Which formulation is most cautious?

Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890): after Farquhar's imagined return, "Peyton Farquhar was dead." Which statement avoids claiming more than the ending supports?

Mansfield, "The Garden-Party" (1922): Laura stammers, "Isn't life—," and the narration says she "couldn't explain." Which formulation keeps the uncertainty intact?

Kafka, Metamorphosis (1915; Wyllie trans.): Gregor asks, "What's happened to me?" and the narrator adds, "It wasn't a dream." Which summary is best qualified?

Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown" (1835): after asking if Brown slept in the forest, the narrator says, "Be it so if you will." Which statement is most careful?