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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What emotion sneaks up on the narrator while she is reading the Professor's work?
(a) Pity.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Anger.
(d) Sadness.

3. What first name does the narrator give herself, even though she says it is unimportant?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Alice.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Mary.

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

5. What is the name of Shakespeare's fictional sister?
(a) Judith.
(b) Anna.
(c) Mary.
(d) Sue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator finds that the woman "pervades _________ from cover to cover;"

3. What could happen to a woman who refused to marry the man her parents chose for her prior to the 19th century?

4. What object does the narrator think best exemplifies a woman's purpose for a man?

5. During which month does the narrator visit the two colleges?

(see the answer key)

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