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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What heading does the narrator place on the page of notes she is taking while researching "women and fiction?"
(a) Women and Truth.
(b) Women and Art.
(c) Women and Poverty.
(d) Women and Men.

2. The narrator wants to know, among other things, why woman are __________ than/to men.
(a) Smarter.
(b) Richer.
(c) Poorer.
(d) Inferior.

3. What is Carmichael's novel called?
(a) A Tale of Two Cities.
(b) Women and Fiction.
(c) My Story.
(d) Life's Adventure.

4. About whom does the narrator say "she wrote as a woman, but as a woman who has forgotten that she is a woman?"
(a) Charlotte Bronte.
(b) Judith.
(c) Jane Austen.
(d) Mary Carmichael.

5. What does the narrator say the sight of a woman "creating in a different medium than his own" does to a man?
(a) Turns him on.
(b) Pushes him away.
(c) Makes him angry.
(d) Invigorates him.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator finds that the woman "is all but absent from ________."

2. What era does the narrator pay particular attention to when looking into women in history?

3. How does the narrator address Carmichael?

4. The narrator claims to be seeking "the essential oil of _________" in the museum.

5. In the fictional tale of Shakespeare's sister, how old is she when she leaves home?

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