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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Yellow Wallpaper.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fill in the blanks respectively: I _________ at nothing, and ________most of the time.
(a) Laugh, laugh
(b) Cry, cry
(c) Laugh, cry
(d) Cry, laugh

2. Who does the narrator want to help the woman in the wallpaper?
(a) Herself
(b) Jennie
(c) John
(d) Mary

3. John thinks the narrator is getting _________ when he talks to her in the night.
(a) Better, saying that her appetite has returned and her flesh is gaining color
(b) The same, and she needs additional time to rest
(c) Worse, he’s sending her away to Weir Mitchell
(d) He does not express his opinion regarding the state of her health

4. What does the narrator think is happening to the wallpaper pattern at night?
(a) It is shaking
(b) It is peeling itself off of the wall
(c) It is talking to her
(d) It is humming

5. Fill in the blank: It goes behind every piece of furniture, except the bed, a long, straight, even ________, as if it had been rubbed over and over.
(a) Vine
(b) Line
(c) Stripe
(d) Smooch

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a(n) _________.

2. What type of figure does the narrator believe she sees in the pattern?

3. What does the housekeeper think has made the narrator sick?

4. Who is the author of The Yellow Wallpaper?

5. Who carries the narrator upstairs to her room?

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