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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What building is the narrator not allowed into at the men's college?
(a) The dormitory.
(b) The dining hall.
(c) The church.
(d) The library.

2. How much income does the narrator receive per year?
(a) Ten million pounds.
(b) One thousand pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) One thousand dollars.

3. What quote from Pope does the narrator cite regarding women?
(a) "Most women have no character at all."
(b) "Women are essential and hopeful."
(c) "Woman, without her man, is nothing."
(d) "Women are equal in all ways to men."

4. How many children did "Mrs. Seton" have?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 13.
(d) 1.

5. What topic has the narrator asked to lecture about?
(a) Women and poetry.
(b) Women and men.
(c) Women and books.
(d) Women and fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator wonder about Shakespeare as she looks for answers in his tragedies?

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

3. What writer does the narrator list as one whose self-consciousness the reader is aware of?

4. What emotion sneaks up on the narrator while she is reading the Professor's work?

5. Who does the narrator find herself envious of in the museum?

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