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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a ________.
(a) Present for her
(b) Secret message
(c) Sub-design
(d) Beautiful pattern

2. What does John promise the narrator?
(a) A little trip
(b) New books
(c) Another baby
(d) A new home

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

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

5. Where does the narrator plan to go at nightfall, describing that it will be difficult to do?
(a) The garden
(b) Into the wallpaper
(c) Home to her apartment in the country
(d) The nursery

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill in the blank: The narrator is so angry at the climax of the story that she wants to ___________.

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

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

4. What type of figure does the narrator believe she sees in the pattern?

5. In what genre would this story be categorized?

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