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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is John gone for toward the end of the story?
(a) One week
(b) One hour
(c) One month
(d) One night

2. What does John promise the narrator?
(a) A new home
(b) New books
(c) Another baby
(d) A little trip

3. Who does the narrator become afraid of?
(a) The baby
(b) Mother
(c) Jennie
(d) John

4. Fill in the blank: As she is peeling the wallpaper off, she thinks that the pattern of heads and bulbous eyes are “shrieking with _________”?
(a) Derision
(b) Laughter
(c) Anguish
(d) Hysterics

5. What is the profession of the narrator’s husband?
(a) Physician
(b) Lawyer
(c) Politician
(d) Writer

Short Answer Questions

1. The protagonist is narrating her what?

2. What does the narrator believe cultivates deceit?

3. Why can’t the figure in the pattern escape?

4. What does the narrator think about doing to the house “to reach the smell”?

5. John advices the narrator to not allow the what to run away with her?

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