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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Jane Eyre?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Jane Austen.
(c) Charlotte Bronte.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

2. What do Lady Winchilsea and Margaret of Newcastle have in common?
(a) They are both happy.
(b) They have no children.
(c) They are married to the same man.
(d) They work at the same seamstress shop.

3. What was the name of Jane Austen's great novel?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) War and Peace.
(c) The Visitor.
(d) Gone With the Wind.

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

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

6. What is the name of one of the characters in the man's book that the narrator reads as a follow-up to her studies of books by women?
(a) Renee.
(b) Judith.
(c) Pheobe.
(d) Max.

7. With which side of their brains does the narrator say men are now writing?
(a) The female sight.
(b) The left side.
(c) The male side.
(d) The right side.

8. What trait, claims the narrator, has now become self-conscious?
(a) Femininity.
(b) Virility.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Vanity.

9. About what does the narrator claim "almost without exception they are shown in their relation to men."
(a) Contemporary works of fiction.
(b) Female characters.
(c) Lessons in truth.
(d) Shakespeare's plays.

10. In what genre were women denied the most expression?
(a) Music.
(b) Essays.
(c) Novels.
(d) Poetry.

11. The narrator contemplates the "unity of the ______" as she observes the rhythm of life on the streets below.
(a) World.
(b) Human race.
(c) Sexes.
(d) Mind.

12. What things does Carmichael not possess enough of, according to the narrator?
(a) Money.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Time.
(d) Idleness.

13. How many sitting rooms did a middle-class 19th century family have?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

14. What kind of writer is Mr. B?
(a) A historian.
(b) A theologian.
(c) A novelist.
(d) A critic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Behn start writing for money?

2. Compared to Jane Eyre, how long is Carmichael's book?

3. What, according to the narrator, were the relationships between those who have sought the company of women NOT?

4. What occupation are Chloe and Olivia engaged in?

5. According to the narrator, what will Carmichael "have her work cut out for her" as?

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