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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Behn start writing for money?
(a) She started a newspaper.
(b) Her husband died.
(c) She was discovered by an agency.
(d) Her husband lost his job.

2. What design is on the china at the women's college?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Birds.
(c) A Grecian funeral.
(d) None.

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

4. What tone best describes the poetry of Lady Winchilsea?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Irrational.
(c) Indignant.
(d) Happy.

5. What does the narrator say about Shakespeare's mother?
(a) She was ugly.
(b) She was an heiress.
(c) She was overbearing.
(d) She was cruel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, how do we achieve self-confidence?

3. What first name does the narrator give herself, even though she says it is unimportant?

4. How much income does the narrator receive per year?

5. Whose influence is all over the paper, and is "the power and the money and the influence," metaphorically?

(see the answer key)

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