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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the narrator, were the relationships between those who have sought the company of women NOT?

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

3. With which side of their brains does the narrator say men are now writing?

4. What does the narrator say is the problem with the relationships between women in fiction?

5. Who is the author of Jane Eyre?

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

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?

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