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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say the sight of a woman "creating in a different medium than his own" does to a man?

2. For how much did Bronte sell the copyright of her novels?

3. What does the narrator say that the modern woman writer may use writing as, rather than self-expression?

4. What occupation are Chloe and Olivia engaged in?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the evolution of women as the narrator takes the reader through it. Include a discussion of women as characters as well as writers.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the theme of emotion vs. reason that is presented in the novel. What does the narrator make of the "facts" presented about women, and are they facts at all? How does the narrator conclude that anger fuels some writing about the relations between the sexes? What other applications does the theme have to gender relations?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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