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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which museum does the narrator visit in Chapter 2?
(a) British Museum.
(b) Modern Museum.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) The Met.

2. The narrator finds that the woman "is all but absent from ________."
(a) Fiction.
(b) History.
(c) Sonnets.
(d) Life.

3. The narrator claims that life for both sexes is a "perpetual _______."
(a) Marriage.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Battleground.
(d) Holiday.

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

5. What heading does the narrator place on the page of notes she is taking while researching "women and fiction?"
(a) Women and Art.
(b) Women and Poverty.
(c) Women and Men.
(d) Women and Truth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator claims that "it is in our idleness, in our ______, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top."

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

4. What quote from Pope does the narrator cite regarding women?

5. While reading the newspaper, what is the narrator reminded of?

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