Worksheets"The Yellow Wallpaper"
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins
"The Yellow Wallpaper" deals with the themes of
Patriarchy and the subjugation of women
the struggle for women's rights
the stigma of mental illness
all of the above
Which character thinks that the rest will not help the narrator?
Jenny
John
the narrator
Everyone thinks she needs rest
The most battered things in the narrator's room is
her doll.
the bed.
the curtains.
the rug.
This story is ironic because
We know information that the other characters don't.
Sarcasm is used to express the opposite of the literal meaning of the text
Actions are having the effects opposite of the intended effects.
the overall mood is creepy.
What is the relationship like between John and the narrator?
It is a loving relationship, in which both parties have an equal say in matters.
John is a pushover to the narrator's every whim and complaint.
The narrator secretly hates John and wants out of their marriage as quickly as possible.
The narrator resents John's control over her, but she remains silent.
Who wrote "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892)?
Virgina Woolf
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Kafka
Shirley Jackson
What did the speaker do to the wallpaper?
She ripped it.
She ate it.
Nothing
She drew on it.
Why does the speaker need a rope?
To learn to tie a shoe.
To tie up the woman in the wallpaper.
For Halloween decorations
to kill herself
What did the speaker do with the key?
She swallowed it.
She hid it under the bed.
She made a necklace out of it.
She threw it out the window.
What actions of the narrator show that her mental state is beginning to deteriorate?
Her focus on finding a purpose to the pattern in the wallpaper.
Her determination to open the bars on her windows and escape.
Her clawing and scratching on the doors of her room.
Even though her husband doesn't want her to, the main character spends time
talking with her sister on the phone.
gossiping with the neighbors through the fence.
writing in her hidden journal.
praying.
What is John's profession?
writer
lawyer
dentist
physician
What is the narrator's brother's profession?
writer
lawyer
physician
dentist
The story is written from this point of view?
1st person
3rd person limited
3rd person objective
3rd person omniscient
What is the remedy for the narrator's temporary nervous depression according to John and her brother?
More stimulation: The narrator should be around people that excite her and make her have fun.
Medication cure: the narrator will be given lots of different tonics until she is better, but she will be able to carry on with her regular daily routine.
Resting cure: She must rest as much as she can and cannot do any work.
The work cure: The narrator should focus on fulfilling her duties as a woman and take care of her child and all of the household cleaning.
What does the narrator see behind the wallpaper pattern?
A young child who is playing with gymnastic equipment.
A baby searching for his mother.
A woman who is smiling and content with her life.
A woman who is stooping and creeping around the room.
What happens at the end of the story?
The woman is not able to escape the wallpaper.
The woman comes out of the wallpaper and creeps around the room and is upset that John fainted.
The woman commits suicide because she cannot be free.
The narrator gets better and becomes the perfect housewife and mother.
The repetition of the word "personally" in the text demonstrates the
speaker's nervous tick.
audience's role as readers.
contrast with her husband's opinions.
self-centered nature of women.
