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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims that "it is in our idleness, in our ______, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top."
(a) Hearts.
(b) Anger.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Minds.

2. Dorothy Osborne claims that she would not resort to fiction even if she couldn't ________.
(a) Live.
(b) Write.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Eat.

3. Where does the narrator go after visiting Oxbridge and Fernham?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Italy.
(d) Tennessee.

4. What year is this story set in?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1965.

5. What does the narrator find fascinating about all the books written about women?
(a) That they are all so good.
(b) That there are so many written by men.
(c) That they are all 100 years old.
(d) That there are so few available.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the stage manager who gets Shakespeare's fictional sister pregnant?

3. According to the narrator, how did Shakespeare get his start in the theater?

4. What do Lady Winchilsea and Margaret of Newcastle have in common?

5. What does the narrator compare to a fish as she sits thinking by the river bank?

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