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

2. At the climax of the story, who does the narrator think that she has become?
(a) Jennie
(b) The woman in the wallpaper
(c) Mary
(d) John

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

4. What does the narrator try - but fails – to move?
(a) The lamp
(b) The bed
(c) The chair
(d) The desk

5. What holiday passes while the family is staying at the country house?
(a) Thanksgiving
(b) Easter
(c) New Year’s Eve
(d) Fourth of July

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator believe cultivates deceit?

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

3. Which room does the narrator’s husband choose for her room?

4. The narrator follows what/whom?

5. Fill in the blank: It goes behind every piece of furniture, except the bed, a long, straight, even ________, as if it had been rubbed over and over.

(see the answer key)

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