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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the narrator, in relation to her husband, what was a woman prior to the women's movement?
2. What trait does the narrator ascribe to male writers?
3. What does the narrator see that makes her laugh when looking out the window at the Oxbridge luncheon?
4. Which word best describes the food served at the Fernham dinner?
5. In the fictional tale of Shakespeare's sister, how old is she when she leaves home?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the narrator think that Coleridge meant by a mind that is androgynous?
2. 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?
3. What does the narrator consider as something that men seek in relationships with women?
4. What does the narrator find remarkable about all the books written about women?
5. What does Mary wonder about the conversation at the Oxbridge luncheon?
6. Disappointed with what she has researched so far about women and fiction, what/who does the narrator decide might provide some answers for her upon returning to the British Museum?
7. What is served for lunch at the men's college?
8. What does the narrator find when she returns to reading fiction by a man?
9. Why does the narrator have trouble making notes about her research in Chapter 2?
10. Why is the beadle upset that Mary is walking on the grass of the men's college?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In what ways do readers react to literature? Discuss what the narrator shares about how we respond to style, what readers will accept from a story, etc.
Essay Topic 2
Is A Room of One's Own a work of fiction, or merely an essay? Discuss the structure of the story and the elements of fiction within it.
Essay Topic 3
Why is androgyny important in fiction, according to the narrator/Woolf? How does not being sex-conscious enhance fiction? What examples does Woolf provide of writers who wrote from both sides of the brain?
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