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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the narrator want to visit?
(a) Her cousin Henry and Julia
(b) Her dog, Jasper, at the city house
(c) Her sister Jane and husband
(d) Her mother and Father

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

3. Who does John ask to give a report about the narrator’s wellbeing?
(a) Weir Mitchell
(b) The narrator
(c) Mary
(d) Jennie

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

5. How much time passes before the narration continues after it suddenly stopped in the first section?
(a) One Month
(b) Two months
(c) Three days
(d) Two weeks

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What figure becomes very clear in moonlight, clearer than before: “plain as can be.”

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

4. Who does the narrator think she sees creeping outside her windows?

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

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