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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even up to the beginning of the nineteenth century, according to the narrator, what was "out of the question" for a woman?
(a) To raise more than two children.
(b) To marry someone handsome.
(c) To have a room of her own.
(d) To live in the city.

2. According to the narrator, how do we achieve self-confidence?
(a) By writing constantly.
(b) By finding happiness.
(c) By thinking that other people are inferior.
(d) By working hard.

3. After failing to find answers in other areas, what does the narrator look into upon her return to the British Museum?
(a) History.
(b) Television.
(c) Art.
(d) Poetry.

4. According to the narrator, which animal lives the longest of all animals?
(a) The elephant.
(b) The fish.
(c) The horse.
(d) The anteater.

5. What does the narrator compare to a fish as she sits thinking by the river bank?
(a) A thought.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meanings does the narrator present as possibilities for discussing the lecture topic?

2. In what year were women granted the right to vote?

3. What heading does the narrator place on the page of notes she is taking while researching "women and fiction?"

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

5. Which word best describes the food at the Oxbridge luncheon?

(see the answer key)

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