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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator makes the plan to get off the wallpaper before John notices, how long do they have left at the house?
(a) Two months
(b) Two weeks
(c) Two days
(d) Two years

2. Why does the unnamed protagonist believe that she and her husband were able to rent the mansion for the summer?
(a) They were evicted from their city home
(b) They received an inheritance
(c) Because her husband needs to visit for work
(d) Because it is haunted

3. Where does the narrator’s husband take her at the beginning of the story?
(a) On a carriage ride
(b) A country house for the summer
(c) Fishing
(d) A wellness spa in Biarritz

4. What does the narrator think that the figure in the wallpaper is trying to do?
(a) Fight the wallpaper pattern
(b) Escape
(c) Eat dinner
(d) Sleep

5. What color stains does Jennie find on their clothing?
(a) Red
(b) Yellow
(c) Black
(d) Green

Short Answer Questions

1. What is torn off in patches in the country house?

2. John thinks the narrator is getting _________ when he talks to her in the night.

3. The narrator believes that the wallpaper has a(n) _________.

4. What is the narrator’s husband’s name?

5. What does the moonlight illuminate on the wallpaper?

(see the answer key)

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