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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who comes to the door when the narrator is creeping along the wall?
(a) Weir Mitchell
(b) Mary
(c) John
(d) Jennie

2. Where does her shoulder “just” fit?
(a) Out the window
(b) In the hole in the wall
(c) In a nook in the corner
(d) In the long smooch along the wall

3. What does the narrator think is happening to the wallpaper pattern at night?
(a) It is humming
(b) It is shaking
(c) It is peeling itself off of the wall
(d) It is talking to her

4. What type of figure does the narrator believe she sees in the pattern?
(a) A woman
(b) An infant
(c) A child
(d) A man

5. At the climax of the story, who does the narrator think that she has become?
(a) The woman in the wallpaper
(b) Mary
(c) Jennie
(d) John

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say it looks like the bed has been through?

2. Who is the author of The Yellow Wallpaper?

3. What does the narrator believe cultivates deceit?

4. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?

5. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a(n) _________.

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