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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fill in the blank: The narrator is so angry at the climax of the story that she wants to ___________.
(a) Cry
(b) Jump out the window
(c) Sleep
(d) Kill John

2. What year was this story published?
(a) 1980
(b) 2001
(c) 1892
(d) 1888

3. What is the narrator’s husband’s name?
(a) John
(b) Max
(c) Thomas
(d) William

4. What does the narrator increasingly like about her bedroom?
(a) The desk at which she writes
(b) The view of the gardens
(c) The wallpaper
(d) The bed

5. The narrator begs John to _______:
(a) Cuddle with her
(b) Leave
(c) Go shopping
(d) Bring the baby to her

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the illness that the narrator is suffering from?

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

3. What does Jennie not realize that the narrator has?

4. When does the narrator say the wallpaper becomes clearer?

5. In her fury, what does the narrator bite?

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