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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What common factor is there in all of the writings the narrator reads about women?
(a) They are all written by women.
(b) They all claim that women are inferior.
(c) They are all written by the same person.
(d) Nothing. Each scholar has a differing opinion on them.

2. What writer does the narrator list as one whose self-consciousness the reader is aware of?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Flaubert.
(c) Keats.
(d) All of the above.

3. What characteristic does the narrator find is often assigned to fictional women?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Heroism.
(c) Anger.
(d) Wealth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What occupation does Shakespeare's fictional sister set out to do?

3. What is the source of the narrator's income?

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

5. What does the narrator say about Shakespeare's mother?

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