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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 claim, is "worse than being locked out?"
(a) Being married.
(b) Being the key.
(c) Being locked in.
(d) Being poor.

2. What building is the narrator not allowed into at the men's college?
(a) The church.
(b) The dining hall.
(c) The library.
(d) The dormitory.

3. What is the name of Shakespeare's fictional sister?
(a) Anna.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sue.
(d) Judith.

4. What is the name of the friend who the narrator visits with after dinner at Fernham?
(a) Mary Seton.
(b) Olivia Price.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Joyce Brown.

5. What common factor is there in all of the writings the narrator reads about women?
(a) They all claim that women are inferior.
(b) They are all written by women.
(c) Nothing. Each scholar has a differing opinion on them.
(d) They are all written by the same person.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator spend the hour she has to spare before lunch at Oxbridge?

3. According to the narrator, how did Shakespeare get his start in the theater?

4. According to the narrator, men have often compared the idea of women creating anything like fiction or music to what?

5. Who does the narrator find herself envious of in the museum?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What effect does the narrator believe that time will have on the role of women in society.

3. Even though they originally were drawn to poetry, why does the narrator say women wrote novels?

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

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

6. Where does the narrator go to continue her research on women and fiction after visiting the two colleges?

7. What does the narrator find remarkable about all the books written about women?

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

9. What are some arguments Woolf gives against the criticisms of her narrative?

10. What comparison does the narrator make regarding the city she visits the museum in?

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