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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the men's college visited by the narrator?
(a) Fernham.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxbridge.
(d) Oxford.

2. In how many years does the narrator expect for writers like Carmichael to become great?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 2.

3. The narrator claims that the _________ with which men write is incomprehensible to women.
(a) Emotion.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Anger.
(d) Passion.

4. According to the narrator, how did Shakespeare get his start in the theater?
(a) By holding horses at the stage door.
(b) By paying someone to give him a part in a play.
(c) By writing plays for actors.
(d) By cleaning the auditorium.

5. The narrator finds that the woman "pervades _________ from cover to cover;"
(a) Poetry.
(b) The news.
(c) History.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Male writers often referred to women who wrote as "_________ with an itch for scribbling."

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

3. What color is "the light of truth?"

4. According to the narrator, which animal lives the longest of all animals?

5. What does a woman need in order to write fiction, according to Woolf?

(see the answer key)

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