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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is one thing the narrator compares the big city she is visiting to?
(a) A black hole.
(b) A machine.
(c) A circus.
(d) A retreat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What trait does the narrator ascribe to male writers?

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

3. In Chapter 2, what bill does the narrator give the waiter to pay for her meal?

4. Which word best describes the food served at the Fernham dinner?

5. What building is the narrator not allowed into at the men's college?

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