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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What heading does the narrator place on the page of notes she is taking while researching "women and fiction?"
(a) Women and Poverty.
(b) Women and Truth.
(c) Women and Men.
(d) Women and Art.

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

4. According to the narrator, men have often compared the idea of women creating anything like fiction or music to what?
(a) A dead person coming back to life.
(b) A man wearing a dress.
(c) A blind man reading a book.
(d) A dog walking on its hind legs.

5. To the narrator, excluding women from history makes it seem "unreal" and "________."
(a) Inventive.
(b) Lop-sided.
(c) Chauvinistic.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the cost of founding the women's college?

2. The narrator says that Dorothy Osborne had a talent for what?

3. Who is upset that the narrator is walking on the grass at Oxbridge?

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

5. Male writers often referred to women who wrote as "_________ with an itch for scribbling."

(see the answer key)

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