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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, which animal lives the longest of all animals?
2. What poet does the narrator recite to herself when leaving the luncheon, thinking that men must have hummed at parties before the war?
3. The narrator finds that the woman "pervades _________ from cover to cover;"
4. The narrator wants to know, among other things, why woman are __________ than/to men.
5. Which word best describes the food served at the Fernham dinner?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the books the narrator finds about the position of women in history, what treatment of women was typical in England's history?
2. What is served for lunch at the men's college?
3. What change in the nineteenth century legitimized women's writing?
4. Why is the narrator turned away from the library at Oxbridge?
5. Even though they originally were drawn to poetry, why does the narrator say women wrote novels?
6. What is the source and amount of the narrator's income?
7. What things are important to a great novel, according to the narrator?
8. Even though the narrator does not care for Carmichael's writing, what does the narrator say Carmichael has accomplished?
9. Explain the comparison between women and mirrors presented by the narrator.
10. Where, according to the narrator, did Jane Austen write?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the tone of A Room of One's Own. Compare it to other feminist works. Discuss the use of humor/sarcasm for levity. How is the tone dream-like in some places?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the characterization of Judith. How is she different from her brother? How are they similar? What does she represent to the narrator?
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