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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator encourages the audience to "earn 500 a year" by using what?

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

3. Dorothy Osborne claims that she would not resort to fiction even if she couldn't ________.

4. What is the name of one of the characters in the man's book that the narrator reads as a follow-up to her studies of books by women?

5. What does the narrator find awkward about Carmichael's writing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the narrator seem to say about relationships, both between characters and real people? What do we seek in relationships, according to the narrator?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the tone of A Room of One's Own. Compare it to other feminist works. Discuss the use of humor/sarcasm for levity. How is the tone dream-like in some places?

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose or main thesis of A Room of One's Own? What evidence does Woolf provide to support her thesis?

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