The Yellow Wallpaper Study Guide

1. What is John's profession?

• Lawyer
• Writer
• Physician
• Dentist

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

• Lawyer
• Writer
• Physician
• Dentist

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

• Her father
• Weir Mitchell
• Horace Scudder
• Her brother

4. What is the name of the nanny?

• Jennie
• She does not have one
• Jane
• Mary

5. Who tends to the house?

• Jennie
• Jane
• John
• Mary

6. What kind of house are they in?

• A small cottage
• A colonial mansion
• A Victorian mansion
• A cabin

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

• It is being remodeled
• It has burned down
• It is being sold
• They have rented it out

8. What kind of a room does the narrator believe her room once was?

• A bathroom
• A family room
• A nursery
• A living room

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

• They both are chaotic
• They both do not let in sunlight
• They both have bars
• They both have windows

10. What is caught in the wallpaper's pattern?

• Trapped hands
• Nothing
• Strangled heads
• Men