The Yellow Wallpaper Quizzes

The Yellow Wallpaper Quiz 1

By Teddy Wayne · Edited by Caitlin Vincent · Last reviewed November 30, 2008

1 What is John's profession?

Lawyer

Physician

Writer

Dentist
2 What is the narrator's brother's profession?

Lawyer

Physician

Dentist

Writer
3 To what physician does John at one point threaten to send the narrator?

Weir Mitchell

Her father

Her brother

Horace Scudder
4 What is the name of the nanny?

Jennie

Jane

She does not have one

Mary
5 Who tends to the house?

John

Jane

Jennie

Mary
6 What kind of house are they in?

A colonial mansion

A small cottage

A Victorian mansion

A cabin
7 What is happening to the couple's own house while they are away?

It is being remodeled

It is being sold

They have rented it out

It has burned down
8 What kind of a room does the narrator believe her room once was?

A living room

A family room

A nursery

A bathroom
9 What is one major similarity between the narrator's room and the wallpaper's pattern?

They both have bars

They both have windows

They both do not let in sunlight

They both are chaotic
10 What is caught in the wallpaper's pattern?

Trapped hands

Men

Nothing

Strangled heads
11 What does the woman do at night within the wallpaper?

She sleeps

She shakes at the bars

She sits silently

She cries
12 With what diminutive does John frequently refer to the narrator?

"Petite"

"Small"

"Tiny"

"Little"
13 Who officially decides what the narrator should do during the day?

The narrator

John

Mary

Jennie
14 What does John prevent the narrator from doing most of all?

Painting

Reading

Walking around

Writing
15 What word does the narrator frequently use to describe the movement of the woman in the wallpaper?

"Creeping"

"Running"

"Stooping"

"Crawling"
16 When is the woman most visible in the wallpaper?

In the sunlight

In the afternoon

By moonlight

At noon
17 When does the woman in the wallpaper stop moving?

In the afternoon

By moonlight

In the sunlight

At noon
18 When does the narrator usually sleep?

At 6 P.M.

At 5 P.M.

During the day

At night
19 What condition is the narrator thought to suffer from?

Neurasthenia

Hypertension

Cancer

Seasonal Affective Disorder
20 How does the narrator describe the odor of the wallpaper?

As a "wallpaper-like smell"

As a "lemony smell"

As a "banana smell"

As a "yellow smell"
21 What does John do at the end of the story?

He jumps out of the window

He cries

He kills himself

He faints
22 The narrator tells John she has gotten out of the wallpaper despite him and who else?

Jennie

Jane

Weir Mitchell

Mary
23 Whom does the narrator want to visit although John will not let her?

Mary

Relatives

Weir Mitchell

Her baby
24 What is the strange mark around the bottom of the wall probably from?

Measurements of the room

A child's prank

Someone else who crawled around the periphery of the room

The guideline to putting up the wallpaper
25 How does John generally treat the narrator?

As his mother

As his daughter

As his sister

As his grandmother

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