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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 try - but fails – to move?
(a) The chair
(b) The lamp
(c) The desk
(d) The bed

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.
(a) Stripe
(b) Line
(c) Smooch
(d) Vine

3. John thinks the narrator is getting _________ when he talks to her in the night.
(a) The same, and she needs additional time to rest
(b) Better, saying that her appetite has returned and her flesh is gaining color
(c) He does not express his opinion regarding the state of her health
(d) Worse, he’s sending her away to Weir Mitchell

4. The narrator gets up in the middle of the night to do what?
(a) Feed her baby
(b) Get a drink of water
(c) Run away
(d) Feel if the wallpaper is moving

5. John’s reason for not taking the narrator away from the summerhouse and frightful bedroom is?
(a) He wants to live there permanently
(b) He believes that if she stays she’ll get better
(c) The baby is ill and cannot travel
(d) Their lease is up in three weeks

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the moonlight illuminate on the wallpaper?

2. What does the narrator think John is looking at when he is in the room?

3. What does the housekeeper think has made the narrator sick?

4. Who is the housekeeper?

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

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