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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims that "nothing is known about women before the _________ century."
(a) Seventh.
(b) Nineteenth.
(c) Eighteenth.
(d) Twentieth.

2. In what year was Lady Winchilsea born?
(a) 1661.
(b) 1553.
(c) 1800.
(d) 1905.

3. What class of women in particular does the narrator claim is absent from history?
(a) Middle-class.
(b) Educated.
(c) Working-class.
(d) Royalty.

4. As a metaphor for androgyny in writing, what does the narrator say poetry needs?
(a) A sex change.
(b) A makeover.
(c) A sister.
(d) A father and a mother.

5. One objection that Woolf addresses to her narrative is that she is being too _________ in her arguments.
(a) Materialistic.
(b) Unrealistic.
(c) Sensitive.
(d) Aggresive.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Woolf compare Fascist poetry?

2. What is the name of the women's college visited by the narrator?

3. What does the narrator find awkward about Carmichael's writing?

4. Which museum does the narrator visit in Chapter 2?

5. What was Behn's first name?

(see the answer key)

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