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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator encourages the audience to "earn 500 a year" by using what?
(a) Their investments.
(b) Their wits.
(c) Their talent.
(d) Their bodies.

2. Up until Behn, what did female writers lack?
(a) Talent.
(b) A name.
(c) A voice.
(d) An audience.

3. What are the beadles doing as the narrator leaves the men's college?
(a) Locking the gates.
(b) Chasing her out.
(c) Cutting the grass.
(d) Serving dinner.

4. Of what social class was Behn?
(a) Noble.
(b) Middle-class.
(c) Educated.
(d) Royalty.

5. From what social class is Lady Winchilsea?
(a) Noble.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Middle.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the friend who the narrator visits with after dinner at Fernham?

3. What is the name of the men's college visited by the narrator?

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

5. What object does the narrator think best exemplifies a woman's purpose for a man?

(see the answer key)

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