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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her fury, what does the narrator bite?
(a) The rope
(b) The windowsill
(c) The bed
(d) The wallpaper

2. What does the narrator say she watches always?
(a) The wallpaper
(b) The window
(c) The baby
(d) The television

3. What figure becomes very clear in moonlight, clearer than before: “plain as can be.”
(a) A woman
(b) A child
(c) A man
(d) An infant

4. Why does the unnamed protagonist believe that she and her husband were able to rent the mansion for the summer?
(a) Because it is haunted
(b) They were evicted from their city home
(c) Because her husband needs to visit for work
(d) They received an inheritance

5. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a ________.
(a) Secret message
(b) Beautiful pattern
(c) Sub-design
(d) Present for her

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the blank: As she is peeling the wallpaper off, she thinks that the pattern of heads and bulbous eyes are “shrieking with _________”?

2. Why does the narrator believe that the figure in the wallpaper is inactive during the day?

3. Who is the housekeeper?

4. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?

5. When the narrator makes the plan to get off the wallpaper before John notices, how long do they have left at the house?

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