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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what point of view is the story written?
(a) Second
(b) Third, limited
(c) First
(d) Third, omniscient

2. Where does the narrator plan to go at nightfall, describing that it will be difficult to do?
(a) The nursery
(b) Into the wallpaper
(c) The garden
(d) Home to her apartment in the country

3. What does John promise the narrator?
(a) Another baby
(b) A little trip
(c) A new home
(d) New books

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator “securely fasten” herself with?

2. What is the profession of the narrator’s husband?

3. John calls the narrator back to bed by calling her this name:

4. Who or what does think is shaking the wallpaper?

5. John threatens to send the narrator to whom?

(see the answer key)

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