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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does the narrator's friend teach at the women's college?
(a) Latin.
(b) Science.
(c) English.
(d) Math.

2. After failing to find answers in other areas, what does the narrator look into upon her return to the British Museum?
(a) Art.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Television.
(d) History.

3. While reading the newspaper, what is the narrator reminded of?
(a) That she is alone.
(b) That England is full of women.
(c) That England is under the rule of a patriarchy.
(d) That she has not done any work.

4. What does the narrator say is hard to measure?
(a) Her own intelligence.
(b) A woman.
(c) A man's education.
(d) Talent.

5. What was the cost of founding the women's college?
(a) Five hundred pounds.
(b) Two million dollars.
(c) Thirty-thousand pounds.
(d) Sixty thousand dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What building is the narrator not allowed into at the men's college?

2. What design is on the china at the women's college?

3. What characteristic does the narrator find is often assigned to fictional women?

4. What color is "the light of emotion?"

5. What meanings does the narrator present as possibilities for discussing the lecture topic?

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