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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 says that "money dignifies what is __________ if unpaid for."
(a) Noble.
(b) Frivolous.
(c) Good.
(d) Useless.

2. Even up to the beginning of the nineteenth century, according to the narrator, what was "out of the question" for a woman?
(a) To raise more than two children.
(b) To live in the city.
(c) To have a room of her own.
(d) To marry someone handsome.

3. In the fictional tale of Shakespeare's sister, how old is she when she leaves home?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Almost twenty.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Not yet seventeen.

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

5. What common factor is there in all of the writings the narrator reads about women?
(a) They are all written by the same person.
(b) They all claim that women are inferior.
(c) Nothing. Each scholar has a differing opinion on them.
(d) They are all written by women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does the narrator's friend teach at the women's college?

2. What is the title of the work by the angry Professor von X.?

3. Of what social class was Behn?

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

5. What heading does the narrator place on the page of notes she is taking while researching "women and fiction?"

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