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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 describes the wallpaper having a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and _____________
(a) a scabrous mouth opens again and again, as if screaming
(b) it scares me
(c) two bulbous eyes stare at you upside down
(d) an eyeless face sneers at you

2. What does the housekeeper think has made the narrator sick?
(a) Reading
(b) Childbirth
(c) Writing
(d) Lyme disease

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

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

5. Where does the narrator’s husband take her at the beginning of the story?
(a) Fishing
(b) On a carriage ride
(c) A wellness spa in Biarritz
(d) A country house for the summer

Short Answer Questions

1. In the last paragraph, what does the narrator do?

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

3. What does the narrator say she watches always?

4. At the climax of the story, who does the narrator think that she has become?

5. Where does her shoulder “just” fit?

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