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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The writing of the Duchess compares the lives of women to those of what animals?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Bats.
(c) Owls.
(d) Worms.

2. According to the narrator, Lady Winchilsea's mind has not become _________.
(a) Happy.
(b) Perverted.
(c) Incandescent.
(d) Clouded.

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

4. What was the "genre" of Dorothy Osborne's writing?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Novels.
(c) Letters.
(d) Essays.

5. What does the narrator compare to the feeling of having had a good meal and good conversation?
(a) A good night's rest.
(b) A lamp in the spine.
(c) A happy child.
(d) A fine wine.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The narrator encourages the audience to "earn 500 a year" by using what?

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

(see the answer key)

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