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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 her fury, what does the narrator bite?
(a) The windowsill
(b) The bed
(c) The rope
(d) The wallpaper

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

3. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper’s smell?
(a) A yellow smell
(b) A sweet smell
(c) A sour smell
(d) A black smell

4. What does the narrator say she watches always?
(a) The window
(b) The television
(c) The wallpaper
(d) The baby

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose perspective is the story being told from?

2. 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.

3. What does the narrator believe cultivates deceit?

4. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a ________.

5. How long is John gone for toward the end of the story?

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