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

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

3. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a ________.
(a) Beautiful pattern
(b) Secret message
(c) Present for her
(d) Sub-design

4. The story covers the span of what season?
(a) Summer
(b) Fall
(c) Spring
(d) Winter

5. In the first section, why does the protagonist’s narration suddenly end?
(a) She is out of paper
(b) Her husband is coming
(c) She falls asleep
(d) She has nothing else to say

Short Answer Questions

1. John threatens to send the narrator to whom?

2. Why can’t the door to the nursery be opened?

3. What type of figure does the narrator believe she sees in the pattern?

4. Why does the narrator stop looking out the windows?

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

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