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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 does the narrator “securely fasten” herself with?
(a) The bed sheets
(b) Restrictive clothing
(c) The drapery
(d) A rope

2. John calls the narrator back to bed by calling her this name:
(a) Honey Darling
(b) Sweetheart
(c) Little girl
(d) Pumpkin

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

4. What is torn off in patches in the country house?
(a) The curtains
(b) The wooden floor
(c) The garden-shed roof
(d) The wallpaper

5. Where does her shoulder “just” fit?
(a) In the long smooch along the wall
(b) Out the window
(c) In a nook in the corner
(d) In the hole in the wall

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator do while John is gone?

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

3. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?

4. Why does the narrator stop looking out the windows?

5. Who does the narrator become afraid of?

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