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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What name does the narrator give to the male author she reads after reading so many novels by women?
(a) Mr. A.
(b) Mr. X.
(c) Professor D.
(d) Marc B.

2. The narrator contemplates the "unity of the ______" as she observes the rhythm of life on the streets below.
(a) Mind.
(b) Sexes.
(c) Human race.
(d) World.

3. Why did Behn start writing for money?
(a) Her husband lost his job.
(b) Her husband died.
(c) She started a newspaper.
(d) She was discovered by an agency.

4. In what city does the narrator observe the comings and goings of people on the street from her window?
(a) Rome.
(b) Columbus.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

5. What age does the narrator say has been the most sex-conscious?
(a) The Elizabethans.
(b) Her own.
(c) The Golden Age.
(d) The Romantics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what author does the narrator attribute the idea that a great mind is androgynous?

2. What, according to the narrator, is it fatal for anyone who writes to do?

3. Woolf points out that most great male writers were not ______.

4. According to the narrator, what will Carmichael "have her work cut out for her" as?

5. What does the narrator say is the problem with the relationships between women in fiction?

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