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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which gender does the narrator say is to blame for the current state of fiction?
(a) Neither.
(b) Both.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

2. The narrator says that "the majority of women are neither _______ nor courtesans."
(a) Harlots.
(b) Nobles.
(c) Weaklings.
(d) Artists.

3. 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) Max.
(b) Renee.
(c) Judith.
(d) Pheobe.

4. In the case of Charlotte Bronte, what does the narrator claim Bronte's gender interfered with?
(a) The tone of the novel.
(b) The novel's integrity.
(c) The reader.
(d) Her happiness.

5. What age does the narrator say has been the most sex-conscious?
(a) Her own.
(b) The Romantics.
(c) The Golden Age.
(d) The Elizabethans.

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

7. What was the "genre" of Dorothy Osborne's writing?
(a) Letters.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Novels.
(d) Essays.

8. The effect of masculinity upon poetry is different from its effect on the _____.
(a) World.
(b) Novel.
(c) Woman.
(d) State.

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

10. According to the narrator, Lady Winchilsea's mind has not become _________.
(a) Happy.
(b) Clouded.
(c) Perverted.
(d) Incandescent.

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

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

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

14. What tone best describes the poetry of Lady Winchilsea?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Happy.
(c) Indignant.
(d) Irrational.

15. How does the narrator address Carmichael?
(a) As if she were dead.
(b) Respectfully.
(c) Rudely.
(d) As if she were in the room with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Woolf claims that talent cannot be weighed like _________.

2. In what month was Mary Carmichael's book published?

3. What virtues did Behn posses, according to the narrator?

4. What name does the narrator give to the male author she reads after reading so many novels by women?

5. In Carmichael's novel, what do Chloe and Olivia share?

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