View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the narrator, were the relationships between those who have sought the company of women NOT?
(a) Platonic.
(b) Unrealistic.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Unhappy.

2. To what does the narrator refer as a "complex force?"
(a) Reason.
(b) Men.
(c) Truth.
(d) Femininity.

3. To what author does the narrator attribute the idea that a great mind is androgynous?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Bronte.
(c) Coleridge.
(d) Austen.

4. What reaction does the predominance of the perceived "shadow" cause in the narrator as she reads the man's novel in Chapter 6?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Rage.
(d) Pity.

5. The narrator claims that a book is built of "_________ built...into arcades or domes."
(a) Feelings.
(b) Sentences.
(c) Stories.
(d) Words.

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

7. What virtues did Behn posses, according to the narrator?
(a) Humor.
(b) Vitality.
(c) Courage.
(d) All of the above.

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

9. The narrator says that Dorothy Osborne had a talent for what?
(a) Framing a sentence.
(b) Painting.
(c) Singing.
(d) Inventing a word.

10. For how much did Bronte sell the copyright of her novels?
(a) 1,500 pounds.
(b) 5,000 dollars.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) Six pence.

11. Of what social class was Behn?
(a) Noble.
(b) Middle-class.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Educated.

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

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

14. The narrator contends that education ought to bring out the ________ between the sexes.
(a) Differences.
(b) Strife.
(c) Similarities.
(d) Passion.

15. Up until Behn, what did female writers lack?
(a) Talent.
(b) An audience.
(c) A name.
(d) A voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Carmichael is definitely NOT?

2. The narrator states that when a book lacks suggestive power, it cannot penetrate _______.

3. What occupation are Chloe and Olivia engaged in?

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

5. What, according to the narrator, has given women wider range in fiction?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 375 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample