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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator see that makes her laugh when looking out the window at the Oxbridge luncheon?
(a) A clumsy beadle.
(b) A kissing couple.
(c) A cat with no tail.
(d) A singing bird.

2. Which word best describes the food served at the Fernham dinner?
(a) Exotic.
(b) Expensive.
(c) Inedible.
(d) Plain.

3. What writer does the narrator list as one whose self-consciousness the reader is aware of?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Keats.
(c) Flaubert.
(d) All of the above.

4. To what city does Shakespeare's fictional sister set out after leaving home?
(a) Rome.
(b) Dallas.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

5. What emotion sneaks up on the narrator while she is reading the Professor's work?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Pity.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say that the women before her were doing instead of earning money?

2. In the fictional tale of Shakespeare's sister, how old is she when she leaves home?

3. According to the narrator, in relation to her husband, what was a woman prior to the women's movement?

4. While reading the newspaper, what is the narrator reminded of?

5. Which museum does the narrator visit in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens once Mary Beton/the narrator's narrative ends?

2. According to the narrator, what impact does vanity have upon creative works?

3. What does the narrator consider as something that men seek in relationships with women?

4. What is served for lunch at the men's college?

5. What does the narrator ask the reader to call her?

6. Why does the narrator say it seems so sad that Lady WInchilsea's poetry is so bitter?

7. What comical comparison does the narrator cite as one that men often use for the idea of women writing?

8. What tone is pervasive throughout the poem by Lady Winchilsea that the narrator recites?

9. As the narrator reaches in her research the fiction of her contemporaries, what progress has been made by women writers?

10. What major differences does the narrator find between women in fiction and women in history?

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