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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator begs John to _______:
(a) Leave
(b) Cuddle with her
(c) Bring the baby to her
(d) Go shopping

2. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?
(a) Her husband is coming
(b) She falls asleep
(c) She is out of paper
(d) She has nothing else to say

3. The protagonist is narrating her what?
(a) Diary
(b) Letter to her physician
(c) Letter to her mother
(d) Article for a woman’s magazine

4. 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 months
(b) Two weeks
(c) Two days
(d) Two years

5. In what genre would this story be categorized?
(a) A personal essay
(b) A novel
(c) An article
(d) A novella

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does her shoulder “just” fit?

2. What does the moonlight illuminate on the wallpaper?

3. What does the narrator try - but fails – to move?

4. What does the narrator “securely fasten” herself with?

5. What is torn off in patches in the country house?

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