"The Yellow Wallpaper" Reading Quiz

First Name

Last Name

John is in a hospital treating patients. What is his profession?

• Lawyer

• Dentist

• Writer

• Physician

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

• Dentist
• Lawyer
• Physician
• Writer

3. The story is written from this point of view

• 3rd person limited
• 3rd person omniscient
• 1st person
• 3rd person objective

4. According to the narrator, to improve her health, her husband decided to...

• get plenty of exercise
• eat more vegetables
• rent a house in the country
• pray daily

5. The character that tends to make the important decisions is...

• Jane
• John
• Joan
• Jenny

6. Gradually she begins to notice how ugly the _______ is and she wants to move rooms.

• wallpaper
• floor
• curtain
• furniture

7. The speaker's husband is best described as

• controlling and practical
• loving and thoughtful
• cold and serious
• skilled and sarcastic

8. The narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" agrees to stay in the top-floor room, even though she would prefer a room downstairs, because her husband says it's best for her. What can be the reader reasonably infer from this about the narrator?

• A. That she really does prefer a room on a higher floor of the house
• C. That she is used to doing what her husband thinks is right
• B. That she is secretly planning to jump from one of the higher windows
• D. That she wants to find the pattern in the room's wallpaper