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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose influence is all over the paper, and is "the power and the money and the influence," metaphorically?
(a) Woman's.
(b) The narrator's own.
(c) The angry professor.
(d) God's.

2. In what year were women granted the right to vote?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1920.

3. How many children did "Mrs. Seton" have?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 13.

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

5. What does the narrator say that the women before her were doing instead of earning money?
(a) Raising children.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Shopping.
(d) Serving dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the fictional tale of Shakespeare's sister, how old is she when she leaves home?

2. What is the title of the work by the angry Professor von X.?

3. Where does the narrator spend the hour she has to spare before lunch at Oxbridge?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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