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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 fictional character does the narrator refer to as examples of women in fiction?
(a) Lady MacBeth.
(b) Antigone.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) All of the above.

2. What does the narrator compare to the pile of books she gathers to study about women in the museum's library when it is placed on her desk?
(a) An avalanche.
(b) Manure.
(c) A loadstone.
(d) A gift from Heaven.

3. While reading the newspaper, what is the narrator reminded of?
(a) That England is full of women.
(b) That she has not done any work.
(c) That she is alone.
(d) That England is under the rule of a patriarchy.

4. What subject does the narrator's friend teach at the women's college?
(a) Math.
(b) Latin.
(c) English.
(d) Science.

5. To the narrator, excluding women from history makes it seem "unreal" and "________."
(a) Lop-sided.
(b) Chauvinistic.
(c) Happy.
(d) Inventive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic does the narrator find is often assigned to fictional women?

2. According to the narrator, how do we achieve self-confidence?

3. What poet does the narrator recite to herself when leaving the luncheon, thinking that men must have hummed at parties before the war?

4. How many children did "Mrs. Seton" have?

5. Where does the narrator go after leaving the museum?

Short Essay Questions

1. What evidence does the narrator point to that women were not in an unimpeded, incandescent state of mind conducive to writing poetry in the Elizabethan era?

2. What is the narrator observing at the beginning of Chapter 6 that sets her on a discussion of the flow and unity of the sexes?

3. What things are important to a great novel, according to the narrator?

4. Where, according to the narrator, does genius like that of Shakespeare's come from?

5. What does the narrator urge the Carmichael's of the world to ignore?

6. What is interesting about the way the narrator says that she addresses Mary Carmichael?

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

8. What does the narrator say about measuring a woman's accomplishments?

9. What options does the narrator give as meanings for the term "women and fiction?"

10. Why is the beadle upset that Mary is walking on the grass of the men's college?

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