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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how much did Bronte sell the copyright of her novels?
(a) 5,000 dollars.
(b) Six pence.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 1,500 pounds.

2. What tone best describes the poetry of Lady Winchilsea?
(a) Happy.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Indignant.

3. What was the "genre" of Dorothy Osborne's writing?
(a) Essays.
(b) Letters.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Novels.

4. In the case of Charlotte Bronte, what does the narrator claim Bronte's gender interfered with?
(a) Her happiness.
(b) The tone of the novel.
(c) The reader.
(d) The novel's integrity.

5. What does the narrator say that the women before her were doing instead of earning money?
(a) Serving dinner.
(b) Shopping.
(c) Raising children.
(d) Sleeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what holds a novel together?

2. How many sitting rooms did a middle-class 19th century family have?

3. What color is "the light of truth?"

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

5. What common factor is there in all of the writings the narrator reads about women?

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