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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John threatens to send the narrator to whom?
(a) Wallis Simpson
(b) William Overtell
(c) Weir Mitchell
(d) Walter West

2. Who does the narrator think she sees creeping outside her windows?
(a) The woman in the wallpaper
(b) Jennie
(c) Mary
(d) John

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

4. What is torn off in patches in the country house?
(a) The garden-shed roof
(b) The curtains
(c) The wallpaper
(d) The wooden floor

5. Why won’t John let the narrator go on her desired visit?
(a) He doesn’t think it will be good if she leaves the baby
(b) It is too costly to travel
(c) He believes that she hasn’t the strength
(d) He believes it isn’t necessary

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator spend most of her time in the country house?

2. What does John make the narrator drink as a cure?

3. Which room does the narrator’s husband choose for her room?

4. Who does the narrator plan on helping while John is away?

5. Who faints at the end of the story?

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