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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. John thinks the narrator is getting _________ when he talks to her in the night.
(a) He does not express his opinion regarding the state of her health
(b) Better, saying that her appetite has returned and her flesh is gaining color
(c) The same, and she needs additional time to rest
(d) Worse, he’s sending her away to Weir Mitchell

3. When does the narrator think the woman in the wallpaper gets out?
(a) When she is tired
(b) When she is hungry
(c) During the nighttime
(d) During the daytime

4. Why does the narrator believe that the figure in the wallpaper is inactive during the day?
(a) She is sleeping
(b) She is scared
(c) She is eating
(d) She is distracted by the wallpaper

5. Why won’t John let the narrator go on her desired visit?
(a) He believes it isn’t necessary
(b) He believes that she hasn’t the strength
(c) He doesn’t think it will be good if she leaves the baby
(d) It is too costly to travel

Short Answer Questions

1. In what point of view is the story written?

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

3. John advices the narrator to not allow the what to run away with her?

4. Fill in the blanks respectively: I _________ at nothing, and ________most of the time.

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

(see the answer key)

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