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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the narrator find herself envious of in the museum?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her friend Mary.
(c) The person reading next to her.
(d) A fly on the wall.

2. What occupation does Shakespeare's fictional sister set out to do?
(a) Waitress.
(b) Writer.
(c) Actress.
(d) Seamstress.

3. What did writing become with the example of Behn?
(a) Folly.
(b) Practical.
(c) Popular.
(d) Upbeat.

4. How does Shakespeare's fictional sister die?
(a) She falls of a horse.
(b) She kills herself.
(c) She is murdered.
(d) She dies in childbirth.

5. Male writers often referred to women who wrote as "_________ with an itch for scribbling."
(a) Employees.
(b) Blue-stockings.
(c) Harpies.
(d) Kids.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Jane Austen's great novel?

2. How does the narrator address Carmichael?

3. During which month does the narrator visit the two colleges?

4. What was the "genre" of Dorothy Osborne's writing?

5. What object does the narrator think best exemplifies a woman's purpose for a man?

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