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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Woolf compare Fascist poetry?

2. How many sitting rooms did a middle-class 19th century family have?

3. John Langdon Davies said that women become unnecessary when children become ________.

4. Which gender does the narrator say is to blame for the current state of fiction?

5. According to the narrator, what holds a novel together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of structure, integrity, and experience in creating fiction. What were the differences in how women approached these things vs. men?

Essay Topic 2

What major obstacles do women writers face, according to the narrator? Provide and describe three examples from the text. At what time, and why, did these obstacles exist? Were they overcome? How? What obstacles still exist?

Essay Topic 3

What does the narrator seem to say about relationships, both between characters and real people? What do we seek in relationships, according to the narrator?

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