Read the excerpt from "why i wrote 'the yellow wallpaper.'" this wise man put me to bed and applied the rest cure, to which a still-good physique responded so promptly that he concluded there was nothing much the matter with me, and sent me home with solemn advice to “live as domestic a life as far as possible,” to “have but two hours’ intellectual life a day,” and “never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again” as long as i lived. why was gilman advised “never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again”? her doctor believed that she’d been poisoned by ink, paint, and lead. her doctor believed that intellectual effort was making her ill. her doctor was afraid that she would write something negative about him. her doctor was afraid that she was not strong enough to hold the tools.

Gilman was advised never to touch pen, brush or pencil again because her doctor believed that intellectual effort was making her ill.

In the beginning of the paragraph Gilman explains the cure the doctor gave her for her illness was rest, for there was nothing else wrong with her physique. Moreover she needed a domestic life which probably means that she had to change to a peaceful routine. In this case her intellectual and artistic tools (pen, brush, pencil) had no part in her treatment; on the contrary they could be pushing her to anxiety and stress.  

Giman was adviced  "never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again"  because Her doctor believed that intellectual effort was making her ill.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a female writer. She used to suffer from melancholia and got the help from a doctor. She saw that doctor, who was a specialist in nervous diseases, after three years; she had been "ill" for three years. At the time , 1887, doctors thought that too much intellectual activity made people fall "ill". Therefore, he advised her to stop doing any intellectual activity.

-Her doctor believed that she’d been poisoned by ink, paint, and lead. The doctor meant she used those elements to write  too much.

-Her doctor was afraid that she would write something negative about him. In fact, when Gilman decided to desobey the doctor and go on writing, she wrote the story " Why I wrote.." and sent a copy to the writer. There were no insults in it.

-Her doctor was afraid that she was not strong enough to hold the tools. The doctor thought her intellectual not her physical activity had been damaged.

1# the answer is c

2#the answer is a