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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of the narrator’s husband?
(a) Lawyer
(b) Politician
(c) Writer
(d) Physician

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

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

4. What does Jennie not realize that the narrator has?
(a) A chain
(b) Food
(c) A knife
(d) A rope

5. 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.
(a) Smooch
(b) Vine
(c) Stripe
(d) Line

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes the wallpaper having a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and _____________

2. How does the narrator describe the “report” that was given?

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

4. What does the narrator think that the figure in the wallpaper is trying to do?

5. What color stains does Jennie find on their clothing?

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