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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what holds a novel together?
(a) Integrity.
(b) The characters.
(c) The author.
(d) Love.

2. In what century does the narrator believe women finally became complex characters in fiction?
(a) 19th.
(b) 16th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 20th.

3. In what city does the narrator observe the comings and goings of people on the street from her window?
(a) London.
(b) Columbus.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

4. In Carmichael's novel, what do Chloe and Olivia share?
(a) An apartment.
(b) A laboratory.
(c) An office.
(d) A lover.

5. What is lacking in Carmichael's writing, according to the narrator?
(a) Satire.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Joy.

6. What does the narrator find awkward about Carmichael's writing?
(a) Her tone.
(b) Her style.
(c) Her vocabulary.
(d) Her story.

7. To what physical trait does the narrator compare these vanities?
(a) A dark spot at the back of the head.
(b) A pimple.
(c) A wart.
(d) A few too many pounds on the hips.

8. What did Jane Austen do to hide her manuscripts as she wrote them?
(a) Hid them under a book.
(b) Burned them.
(c) Covered them with blotting paper.
(d) Pinned them to her dress.

9. Dorothy Osborne claims that she would not resort to fiction even if she couldn't ________.
(a) Write.
(b) Eat.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Live.

10. The narrator encourages the audience to "earn 500 a year" by using what?
(a) Their talent.
(b) Their investments.
(c) Their wits.
(d) Their bodies.

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

12. In what month was Mary Carmichael's book published?
(a) May.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) November.

13. What three things are brought together by the "stream" of life on the street?
(a) A man, a woman, and a bus.
(b) A child, a balloon, and a clown.
(c) A man, a woman, and a child.
(d) A man, a woman, and a taxicab.

14. What name does the narrator give to the male author she reads after reading so many novels by women?
(a) Professor D.
(b) Mr. A.
(c) Mr. X.
(d) Marc B.

15. In terms of fiction, what things did society deem more important than women's feelings?
(a) Social causes.
(b) Men's thoughts.
(c) Battle scenes.
(d) Love scenes.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Woolf compare Fascist poetry?

2. What does the narrator say is the problem with the relationships between women in fiction?

3. The writing of the Duchess compares the lives of women to those of what animals?

4. According to the narrator, Elizabethan literature would have been very different if women had begun writing in what century?

5. What occupation are Chloe and Olivia engaged in?

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