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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator wonder about Shakespeare as she looks for answers in his tragedies?
(a) Whether he was in love.
(b) His state of mind when writing.
(c) Who his wife was.
(d) How old he was.

2. The narrator wants to know, among other things, why woman are __________ than/to men.
(a) Smarter.
(b) Poorer.
(c) Richer.
(d) Inferior.

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

4. Which museum does the narrator visit in Chapter 2?
(a) British Museum.
(b) The Met.
(c) The Smithsonian.
(d) Modern Museum.

5. What does the narrator compare to the pile of books she gathers to study about women in the museum's library when it is placed on her desk?
(a) A gift from Heaven.
(b) A loadstone.
(c) An avalanche.
(d) Manure.

6. According to the narrator, men have often compared the idea of women creating anything like fiction or music to what?
(a) A dead person coming back to life.
(b) A dog walking on its hind legs.
(c) A man wearing a dress.
(d) A blind man reading a book.

7. What subject does the narrator's friend teach at the women's college?
(a) English.
(b) Math.
(c) Science.
(d) Latin.

8. In the fictional tale of Shakespeare's sister, how old is she when she leaves home?
(a) Almost twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Not yet seventeen.

9. What year is this story set in?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1860.

10. What does the narrator say that the women before her were doing instead of earning money?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Serving dinner.
(c) Raising children.
(d) Shopping.

11. What design is on the china at the women's college?
(a) Birds.
(b) A Grecian funeral.
(c) None.
(d) Flowers.

12. The narrator finds that the woman "is all but absent from ________."
(a) History.
(b) Sonnets.
(c) Life.
(d) Fiction.

13. What is the name of Shakespeare's fictional sister?
(a) Sue.
(b) Anna.
(c) Judith.
(d) Mary.

14. According to the narrator, which animal lives the longest of all animals?
(a) The horse.
(b) The fish.
(c) The anteater.
(d) The elephant.

15. To what city does Shakespeare's fictional sister set out after leaving home?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Rome.
(d) Dallas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the beadles doing as the narrator leaves the men's college?

2. In what year were women granted the right to vote?

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

4. What fictional character does the narrator refer to as examples of women in fiction?

5. The narrator finds that the woman "pervades _________ from cover to cover;"

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