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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long is John gone for toward the end of the story?
(a) One week
(b) One hour
(c) One night
(d) One month

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

4. What does John make the narrator drink as a cure?
(a) Green tea
(b) Cod liver oil
(c) Milk
(d) Water

5. How does the narrator describe the wallpaper’s smell?
(a) A sweet smell
(b) A yellow smell
(c) A sour smell
(d) A black smell

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year was this story published?

3. John’s reason for not taking the narrator away from the summerhouse and frightful bedroom is?

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

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

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