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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which word best describes the food at the Oxbridge luncheon?
(a) Elaborate.
(b) Indian.
(c) Disgusting.
(d) Plain.

2. What topic has the narrator asked to lecture about?
(a) Women and men.
(b) Women and poetry.
(c) Women and books.
(d) Women and fiction.

3. While thinking about the Professor's work, what does the narrator find herself doing?
(a) Drawing a picture of the Professor.
(b) Falling asleep.
(c) Tearing the pages of a book.
(d) Crying.

4. The narrator claims that "nothing is known about women before the _________ century."
(a) Eighteenth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Twentieth.
(d) Nineteenth.

5. What color is "the light of emotion?"
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year were women granted the right to vote?

3. Where does the narrator go after leaving the museum?

4. According to the narrator, men have often compared the idea of women creating anything like fiction or music to what?

5. What does the narrator say about Shakespeare's mother?

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