The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1892

Ten questions on plot, characters and themes. Take it free. Pass 7 of 10 to ace it.

Question 1 of 10

Who is the narrator of the story?

John, a country physicianA young, unnamed woman who is the wife of a physicianJennie, the sister-in-lawAn unnamed servant in the household

Question 2 of 10

What is John's relationship to the narrator, and what is his profession?

He is her brother, a lawyerHe is her father, a clergymanHe is her husband and also her doctor, a physicianHe is a stranger renting a room from her family

Question 3 of 10

What kind of treatment has John prescribed for the narrator's nervous condition?

Long walks in the country and intellectual workComplete rest, no writing, no socialising, no real activityA strict diet of bread and waterTravel abroad and a change of scenery every week

Question 4 of 10

Where does the story take place?

In a small city flatIn an old colonial mansion the family has rented for the summerIn a sanatorium in the mountainsIn a London townhouse

Question 5 of 10

In which room of the house is the narrator mostly confined?

A small ground-floor studyAn upstairs room she believes was once a nursery, with barred windows and yellow wallpaperThe attic, which is locked from outsideA windowless cellar

Question 6 of 10

What does the narrator secretly do that her husband disapproves of?

She walks into the woods alone at nightShe writes — in a hidden journal, against her doctor's ordersShe meets a stranger at the gateShe refuses to eat the meals brought to her

Question 7 of 10

Who is Jennie?

The narrator's daughterJohn's sister, who acts as housekeeper and watches the narratorA neighbour who visits in the afternoonsA doctor John has called in for a second opinion

Question 8 of 10

What does the narrator begin to see in the pattern of the yellow wallpaper?

Maps of places she has beenA figure of a woman trapped behind the pattern, trying to get outHer late mother's faceReligious symbols spelling out her name

Question 9 of 10

What does the narrator finally do to the wallpaper?

Paints over it in whiteStrips and tears off long pieces of it, trying to free what she sees insideAdds her own writing on top of the patternSets it on fire

Question 10 of 10

What happens at the very end of the story?

John recovers his sense of authority and locks the narrator away in a hospitalJennie comforts the narrator and they leave the house togetherThe narrator continues creeping along the wall and John faints at what he sees when he finally enters the roomThe narrator escapes from the house and is never found

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