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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 follows what/whom?
(a) The wallpaper’s pattern around the room
(b) A horse in the field
(c) Her son around the house
(d) John around the gardens

2. The story covers the span of what season?
(a) Spring
(b) Summer
(c) Winter
(d) Fall

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

4. What does the narrator believe cultivates deceit?
(a) Writing in her journal
(b) Eating sweets when no one is looking
(c) Lying awake during the sanctioned naptimes
(d) Watching the wallpaper

5. What is nailed down in the narrator’s room?
(a) The rug
(b) The bed
(c) The desk
(d) The reading chair

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the blank: The narrator is so angry at the climax of the story that she wants to ___________.

2. Why does the unnamed protagonist believe that she and her husband were able to rent the mansion for the summer?

3. Who does the narrator want to help the woman in the wallpaper?

4. In the opening pages, what does the narrator’s husband not believe?

5. Why won’t John let the narrator go on her desired visit?

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