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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month was Mary Carmichael's book published?
(a) July.
(b) November.
(c) May.
(d) October.

2. What does the narrator say is natural for the sexes to do?
(a) Read.
(b) Love.
(c) Fight.
(d) Co-operate.

3. According to the narrator, what will Carmichael "have her work cut out for her" as?
(a) An observer.
(b) A writer.
(c) A lover.
(d) A teacher.

4. What is the date at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) December 25, 1954.
(b) April 5, 1776.
(c) May 1, 1908.
(d) October 26, 1928.

5. Which gender does the narrator say is to blame for the current state of fiction?
(a) Both.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Neither.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase in Carmichael's novel startles the narrator and starts her reflection on women as characters?

2. What trait, claims the narrator, has now become self-conscious?

3. About what does the narrator claim "almost without exception they are shown in their relation to men."

4. The narrator contends that education ought to bring out the ________ between the sexes.

5. Who is the author of Jane Eyre?

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