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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the narrator, Austen, Bronte, and others wrote as ________ wrote, not as men did.
2. The effect of masculinity upon poetry is different from its effect on the _____.
3. What does the narrator say Carmichael is definitely NOT?
4. The narrator claims that a book is built of "_________ built...into arcades or domes."
5. About whom does the narrator say "she wrote as a woman, but as a woman who has forgotten that she is a woman?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the difference between women in history and women in fiction that the narrator discovers. Why does such a difference exist? What reasons does the narrator provide or hint at?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen. Given what the narrator reveals about each women, how are they similar in both their approach to writing and their experience of it? How is this evidenced in their works?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the reasons why women were more successful, initially, in writing novels than in writing poetry.
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