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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Florence and Bres drink while talking at the dorm in Chapter 14?
(a) Margaritas.
(b) Martinis.
(c) Wine.
(d) Beer.

2. What Shakespearean word meaning women of the lower orders did Herb reveal to Florence in Chapter 8?
(a) Wenches.
(b) Malkins.
(c) Brains.
(d) Onaids.

3. Who was a Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Diana.
(d) Venus.

4. What did Florence fear becoming after graduation in Chapter 12?
(a) A brain.
(b) An atheist.
(c) A malkin.
(d) A lesbian.

5. Why was Florence unable to transfer to another school to study French in Chapter 9?
(a) She was a Republican.
(b) She was on scholarship.
(c) She was on probation.
(d) She was a woman.

6. What position did Florence apply for at her graduate school?
(a) Librarian.
(b) History secretary.
(c) Dorm proctor.
(d) Athletics supervisor.

7. What refers to a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women?
(a) Misanthrophy.
(b) Malapropism.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Ostracism.

8. What class did the head of the French Department allow Florence to waive in Chapter 9?
(a) French literature.
(b) French declensions.
(c) French grammar and composition.
(d) French history and civilization.

9. What did the doctor present Granny with after Florence's exam in Chapter 8?
(a) A certificate of pregnancy.
(b) A certificate of virginity.
(c) A certificate of authenticity.
(d) A certificate of health.

10. Who was the campus heartthrob who taught Florence's favorite course in Chapter 11?
(a) Dr. Anderson.
(b) Dr. Neely.
(c) Dr. Jameson.
(d) Dr. Newton.

11. When did the Grope plan to make a liquor run in the beginning of Chapter 14?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

12. Around what year was "Berenice" first performed?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1845.
(c) 1670.
(d) 1794.

13. What speech pattern was Florence confounded by amongst the women at her graduate school?
(a) Speaking in constant questions.
(b) Stuttering.
(c) Repeating themselves.
(d) Speaking in tongues.

14. What was the group known as which had Bres as its leader?
(a) The Grip.
(b) The Grope.
(c) The Grump.
(d) The Group.

15. Bres got rid of the rest of the members of the Grope in Chapter 14 by telling them that she and Florence had to discuss what?
(a) Dr. Newton.
(b) Bres' thesis.
(c) The Grope.
(d) Florence's thesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the head of the French Department in Chapter 9?

2. Who had been Florence's Mama's first beau?

3. What did Bres define as "a woman of great stature, strength and courage who is not feminine in conventional ways" in Chapter 14?

4. What stuttering man did Florence date whose proposal Granny was eager for her to accept in Chapter 11?

5. What university did Florence attend for her undergraduate degree?

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