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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What common factor is there in all of the writings the narrator reads about women?
(a) They are all written by women.
(b) Nothing. Each scholar has a differing opinion on them.
(c) They are all written by the same person.
(d) They all claim that women are inferior.

2. While thinking about the Professor's work, what does the narrator find herself doing?
(a) Tearing the pages of a book.
(b) Drawing a picture of the Professor.
(c) Falling asleep.
(d) Crying.

3. In talking about Carmichael's novel, what does the narrator find herself slipping "unthinkably" into?
(a) Respect for a female writer.
(b) Praise of her own sex.
(c) Anger.
(d) Rhyme.

4. What does the narrator compare to a fish as she sits thinking by the river bank?
(a) The school.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her husband.
(d) A thought.

5. What are the beadles doing as the narrator leaves the men's college?
(a) Chasing her out.
(b) Serving dinner.
(c) Locking the gates.
(d) Cutting the grass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What could happen to a woman who refused to marry the man her parents chose for her prior to the 19th century?

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

3. What is Carmichael's novel called?

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

5. Why did Behn start writing for money?

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