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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the narrator compare compiling information about the day-to-day life of a woman?
(a) Challenging authority.
(b) Crying wolf.
(c) Pulling teeth.
(d) Rewriting history.

2. What, according to the narrator, were the relationships between those who have sought the company of women NOT?
(a) Platonic.
(b) Unhappy.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Unrealistic.

3. Compared to Jane Eyre, how long is Carmichael's book?
(a) Twice as long.
(b) Only a few pages longer.
(c) About half the length.
(d) The same length.

4. According to the narrator, what will Carmichael "have her work cut out for her" as?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A writer.
(c) A lover.
(d) An observer.

5. What object does the narrator think best exemplifies a woman's purpose for a man?
(a) A garden tool.
(b) A porcelain doll.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A mule.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom does the narrator say "she wrote as a woman, but as a woman who has forgotten that she is a woman?"

2. The narrator finds that the woman "is all but absent from ________."

3. What was Behn's first name?

4. What occupation does Shakespeare's fictional sister set out to do?

5. About what does the narrator claim "almost without exception they are shown in their relation to men."

(see the answer key)

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