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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When the narrator makes the plan to get off the wallpaper before John notices, how long do they have left at the house?
(a) Two weeks
(b) Two months
(c) Two days
(d) Two years

3. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper’s smell?
(a) A sour smell
(b) A black smell
(c) A sweet smell
(d) A yellow smell

4. Whose perspective is the story being told from?
(a) John’s
(b) Jane’s
(c) Jennie’s
(d) The unnamed protagonist’s

5. What does the moonlight illuminate on the wallpaper?
(a) Roast beef
(b) Honeycombs
(c) Bars
(d) Knives

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was this story published?

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

3. What does the narrator believe cultivates deceit?

4. John’s reason for not taking the narrator away from the summerhouse and frightful bedroom is?

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

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