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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reta question about her feelings for Tom?
(a) Whether she dislikes him.
(b) Whether she loves him.
(c) Whether she trusts him.
(d) Whether she respects him.

2. Why does Reta also chide Valkner about his article "The History of Dictionaries"?
(a) For including male writers that are blatantly sexist.
(b) For failing to mention some of the century's great female writers.
(c) For attempting to discuss all literature instead of narrowing his focus.
(d) For his patronizing tone in discussing some of the great female writers of the century.

3. According to Reta, what are women still dismissed and excluded from?
(a) Economic advancement.
(b) Accolades and compensation.
(c) Freedom of expression.
(d) Primary entitlements.

4. What does Reta reveal about the first time she met Tom?
(a) They were intimate the first time they met.
(b) They disliked each other the first time they met.
(c) She was seeing another man when they met.
(d) He was seeing another woman when they met.

5. Whose personality is Reta worried about developing in her novel?
(a) Roman's.
(b) Norah's.
(c) Danielle's.
(d) Alicia's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Reta sign her letter to Ford-Halpern?

2. In Reta's letter to Ford-Halpern, what is "an endless series of obstacles, an alignment of locked doors"?

3. In what point of view is Reta considering writing her novel?

4. In what month does Reta write her letter to Ford-Halpern?

5. According to Reta, what is there a sense of that runs throughout her main characters' story?

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