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

2. Who is the author of Jane Eyre?
(a) Charlotte Bronte.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Jane Austen.

3. What era does the narrator pay particular attention to when looking into women in history?
(a) Elizabethan.
(b) Enlightenment.
(c) Golden.
(d) Roaring Twenties.

4. What does the narrator see that makes her laugh when looking out the window at the Oxbridge luncheon?
(a) A cat with no tail.
(b) A clumsy beadle.
(c) A singing bird.
(d) A kissing couple.

5. What could happen to a woman who refused to marry the man her parents chose for her prior to the 19th century?
(a) She could be executed.
(b) She could be beaten and locked up.
(c) She could be kicked out of her house.
(d) She could be elected governor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Shakespeare's fictional sister?

4. How does Shakespeare's fictional sister die?

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

(see the answer key)

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