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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say the sight of a woman "creating in a different medium than his own" does to a man?
(a) Invigorates him.
(b) Pushes him away.
(c) Makes him angry.
(d) Turns him on.

2. The writing of the Duchess compares the lives of women to those of what animals?
(a) Owls.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Bats.
(d) Worms.

3. How does the narrator address Carmichael?
(a) As if she were dead.
(b) As if she were in the room with her.
(c) Respectfully.
(d) Rudely.

4. What tone best describes the poetry of Lady Winchilsea?
(a) Happy.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Indignant.
(d) Irrational.

5. What is lacking in Carmichael's writing, according to the narrator?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Satire.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the narrator describe as "whimsically despotic?"

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

4. As a metaphor for androgyny in writing, what does the narrator say poetry needs?

5. One objection that Woolf addresses to her narrative is that she is being too _________ in her arguments.

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