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

3. Woolf points out that most great male writers were not ______.

4. What does the narrator say Carmichael is definitely NOT?

5. What does the narrator say is hard to measure?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is androgyny important in fiction, according to the narrator/Woolf? How does not being sex-conscious enhance fiction? What examples does Woolf provide of writers who wrote from both sides of the brain?

Essay Topic 2

Does money truly lead to freedom? How does this concept apply across both genders? How does having a fixed income inhibit or expand the narrator's ability to draw conclusions about women and fiction?

Essay Topic 3

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

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