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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the age of Shakespeare, what does the narrator claim it would have been impossible for women to do?
(a) Attend college.
(b) Marry into money.
(c) Get a cat.
(d) Write the plays of Shakespeare.

2. According to the narrator, men have often compared the idea of women creating anything like fiction or music to what?
(a) A dog walking on its hind legs.
(b) A man wearing a dress.
(c) A blind man reading a book.
(d) A dead person coming back to life.

3. The narrator finds that the woman "pervades _________ from cover to cover;"
(a) Romance.
(b) History.
(c) The news.
(d) Poetry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Even up to the beginning of the nineteenth century, according to the narrator, what was "out of the question" for a woman?

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

3. What does the narrator see that makes her laugh when looking out the window at the Oxbridge luncheon?

4. What is the name of the friend who the narrator visits with after dinner at Fernham?

5. What does the narrator find fascinating about all the books written about women?

(see the answer key)

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