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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say that the women before her were doing instead of earning money?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Serving dinner.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Raising children.

2. What is the name of the friend who the narrator visits with after dinner at Fernham?
(a) Mary Seton.
(b) Joyce Brown.
(c) Olivia Price.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

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

4. Who is upset that the narrator is walking on the grass at Oxbridge?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The priest.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The beadle.

5. Which word best describes the food at the Oxbridge luncheon?
(a) Indian.
(b) Disgusting.
(c) Plain.
(d) Elaborate.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says that prunes are not _________.

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

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

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

5. What topic has the narrator asked to lecture about?

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