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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what author does the narrator attribute the idea that a great mind is androgynous?

3. Who does the narrator give as an example of someone who wrote with both sides of his brain?

4. From what social class is Lady Winchilsea?

5. What reaction does the predominance of the perceived "shadow" cause in the narrator as she reads the man's novel in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the shift in point of view that takes place at the end of the novel. Why is it important? How does Woolf address potential critics? What does she reveal as the motive for this lecture?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the difference between women in history and women in fiction that the narrator discovers. Why does such a difference exist? What reasons does the narrator provide or hint at?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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