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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What phrase in Carmichael's novel startles the narrator and starts her reflection on women as characters?
(a) "I like men."
(b) "Chloe loved Roger."
(c) "The women were angry."
(d) "Chloe liked Olivia."

3. When reading the man's novel, what does the narrator feel overshadows it?
(a) The letter "B."
(b) Her self-consciousness.
(c) The author's name.
(d) The letter "I."

4. What does the narrator say is hard to measure?
(a) Talent.
(b) A man's education.
(c) Her own intelligence.
(d) A woman.

5. What occupation are Chloe and Olivia engaged in?
(a) Building a house.
(b) Curing cancer.
(c) Mincing liver.
(d) Sewing uniforms.

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

12. What element of Jane Austen's does Carmichael "break up?"
(a) The hyperbole.
(b) The story.
(c) The sentence.
(d) The imagination.

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

14. What did writing become with the example of Behn?
(a) Practical.
(b) Upbeat.
(c) Popular.
(d) Folly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find awkward about Carmichael's writing?

2. What is lacking in Carmichael's writing, according to the narrator?

3. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 6?

4. Of what social class was Behn?

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

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