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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 what point of view is the story written?
(a) Third, limited
(b) Third, omniscient
(c) First
(d) Second

2. Why does the narrator believe that the figure in the wallpaper is inactive during the day?
(a) She is distracted by the wallpaper
(b) She is scared
(c) She is eating
(d) She is sleeping

3. What does the narrator think about doing to the house “to reach the smell”?
(a) Wash all of the surfaces with ammonia
(b) Re-furnishing the house
(c) Re-paint the house
(d) Burn the house down

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

5. What does the narrator stop mentioning to John and Jennie?
(a) The nursery
(b) The wallpaper
(c) The sickness
(d) The baby

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the opening pages, what does the narrator’s husband not believe?

3. John advices the narrator to not allow the what to run away with her?

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

5. The protagonist is narrating her what?

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