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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During which month does the narrator visit the two colleges?
(a) May.
(b) April.
(c) January.
(d) October.

2. According to the narrator, which animal lives the longest of all animals?
(a) The anteater.
(b) The horse.
(c) The elephant.
(d) The fish.

3. What does the narrator compare to the feeling of having had a good meal and good conversation?
(a) A fine wine.
(b) A happy child.
(c) A lamp in the spine.
(d) A good night's rest.

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

5. According to the narrator, "Women do not write books about ______."
(a) Literature.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Men.
(d) Art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What heading does the narrator place on the page of notes she is taking while researching "women and fiction?"

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

3. What time is dinner being served at Fernham?

4. What female poet does the narrator recite to herself when leaving the luncheon, thinking that women must have hummed at parties before the war?

5. How many children did "Mrs. Seton" have?

(see the answer key)

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