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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the unnamed protagonist believe that she and her husband were able to rent the mansion for the summer?
(a) They were evicted from their city home
(b) They received an inheritance
(c) Because it is haunted
(d) Because her husband needs to visit for work

3. Which room does the narrator’s husband choose for her room?
(a) A screened-in porch
(b) The nursery
(c) The parlor
(d) A guest apartment suite

4. What does John cry for to break down the door?
(a) A sledgehammer
(b) A butcher knife
(c) A fire poker
(d) An axe

5. What figure becomes very clear in moonlight, clearer than before: “plain as can be.”
(a) A child
(b) A man
(c) An infant
(d) A woman

Short Answer Questions

1. John calls the narrator back to bed by calling her this name:

2. What year was this story published?

3. Fill in the blank: It goes behind every piece of furniture, except the bed, a long, straight, even ________, as if it had been rubbed over and over.

4. What is the narrator’s husband’s name?

5. Why does the narrator believe that the figure in the wallpaper is inactive during the day?

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