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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the age of Shakespeare, what does the narrator claim it would have been impossible for women to do?
(a) Write the plays of Shakespeare.
(b) Marry into money.
(c) Get a cat.
(d) Attend college.

2. What does the narrator say Carmichael is definitely NOT?
(a) A real person.
(b) A hypocrite.
(c) A genius.
(d) A writer.

3. The narrator claims to be seeking "the essential oil of _________" in the museum.
(a) Myrrh.
(b) Love.
(c) Truth.
(d) History.

4. To what physical trait does the narrator compare these vanities?
(a) A few too many pounds on the hips.
(b) A pimple.
(c) A dark spot at the back of the head.
(d) A wart.

5. What, according to the narrator, has given women wider range in fiction?
(a) Humor and hard work.
(b) Reading and criticism.
(c) Persistence and advocacy.
(d) Suffrage.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, how do we achieve self-confidence?

2. According to the narrator, what animal has the most eyes of all the animals?

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

4. According to the narrator, what does a woman with creative talent inevitably lose?

5. What element of Jane Austen's does Carmichael "break up?"

(see the answer key)

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