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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In terms of fiction, what things did society deem more important than women's feelings?
(a) Men's thoughts.
(b) Battle scenes.
(c) Love scenes.
(d) Social causes.

2. What did writing become with the example of Behn?
(a) Folly.
(b) Upbeat.
(c) Popular.
(d) Practical.

3. To what does the narrator refer as a "complex force?"
(a) Truth.
(b) Men.
(c) Femininity.
(d) Reason.

4. According to the narrator, what will Carmichael "have her work cut out for her" as?
(a) A writer.
(b) A lover.
(c) A teacher.
(d) An observer.

5. Who, in the centuries before this story, had ownership of a woman's earnings?
(a) The church.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator compare to the feeling of having had a good meal and good conversation?

3. To what city does Shakespeare's fictional sister set out after leaving home?

4. What, according to the narrator, were the relationships between those who have sought the company of women NOT?

5. To what does the narrator compare compiling information about the day-to-day life of a woman?

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