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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does the narrator plan on helping while John is away?
(a) Her infant
(b) The woman in the wallpaper
(c) Jennie
(d) John

4. Who is the housekeeper?
(a) John
(b) Mary, the nursemaid
(c) Jennie, John’s sister
(d) Weir Mitchell

5. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?
(a) Her husband is coming
(b) She is out of paper
(c) She has nothing else to say
(d) She falls asleep

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator plan to go at nightfall, describing that it will be difficult to do?

2. Who does the narrator say is her one comfort?

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

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

5. What does the narrator initially want to do with a rope?

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