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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is lacking in Carmichael's writing, according to the narrator?

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

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

4. Up until Behn, what did female writers lack?

5. About what does the narrator claim "almost without exception they are shown in their relation to men."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the consistent references to rhythm and flow throughout the text. What imagery evokes a rhythmic flow in the narrator's story? What does Woolf explicitly say about rhythm and unity?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the use of literary allusions in A Room of One's Own. Who/what is mentioned? How do these people and works relate to the story? What does the prevalence of allusions indirectly say about the author's own intelligence?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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