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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The writing of the Duchess compares the lives of women to those of what animals?

2. The narrator claims that the _________ with which men write is incomprehensible to women.

3. The narrator says that "money dignifies what is __________ if unpaid for."

4. What, according to the narrator, has given women wider range in fiction?

5. To what physical trait does the narrator compare these vanities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the major differences between Oxbridge and Fernham as they relate to the larger theme of the inequality of the sexes during the time period examined by the narrator. What other examples of disparate treatment does the narrator provide? How is inequality evident throughout the time periods readers are exposed to in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Charlotte Bronte and Jane Austen. Given what the narrator reveals about each women, how are they similar in both their approach to writing and their experience of it? How is this evidenced in their works?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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