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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator spend the hour she has to spare before lunch at Oxbridge?
(a) In front of the chapel.
(b) At home.
(c) In the library.
(d) In the swimming pool.

3. In what genre were women denied the most expression?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Novels.
(c) Music.
(d) Essays.

4. Male writers often referred to women who wrote as "_________ with an itch for scribbling."
(a) Employees.
(b) Blue-stockings.
(c) Harpies.
(d) Kids.

5. Where does the narrator go after leaving the museum?
(a) Home.
(b) To the college.
(c) To her mother's house.
(d) To have lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what holds a novel together?

2. Dorothy Osborne claims that she would not resort to fiction even if she couldn't ________.

3. In what year was Lady Winchilsea born?

4. To the narrator, excluding women from history makes it seem "unreal" and "________."

5. What is the name of Shakespeare's fictional sister?

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