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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims that the _________ with which men write is incomprehensible to women.
(a) Emotion.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Anger.
(d) Passion.

2. Why did Behn start writing for money?
(a) Her husband lost his job.
(b) She was discovered by an agency.
(c) Her husband died.
(d) She started a newspaper.

3. What three things are brought together by the "stream" of life on the street?
(a) A man, a woman, and a child.
(b) A child, a balloon, and a clown.
(c) A man, a woman, and a bus.
(d) A man, a woman, and a taxicab.

4. In what month was Mary Carmichael's book published?
(a) November.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) May.

5. What was Behn's first name?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Aphra.
(c) Judith.
(d) Margaret.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Jane Eyre?

2. Whose point of view takes over for the narrator at the end of Chapter 6?

3. What things does Carmichael not possess enough of, according to the narrator?

4. In what year was Lady Winchilsea born?

5. In how many years does the narrator expect for writers like Carmichael to become great?

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