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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 moonlight illuminate on the wallpaper?
(a) Honeycombs
(b) Roast beef
(c) Bars
(d) Knives

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

3. Which room does the narrator’s husband choose for her room?
(a) The parlor
(b) A guest apartment suite
(c) The nursery
(d) A screened-in porch

4. What does the narrator believe cultivates deceit?
(a) Lying awake during the sanctioned naptimes
(b) Watching the wallpaper
(c) Eating sweets when no one is looking
(d) Writing in her journal

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator begs John to _______:

2. Where does the narrator’s husband take her at the beginning of the story?

3. Who is the housekeeper?

4. What does John force the narrator to do after every meal?

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

(see the answer key)

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