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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poet does the narrator recite to herself when leaving the luncheon, thinking that men must have hummed at parties before the war?
(a) Tennyson.
(b) Williams.
(c) Keats.
(d) Frost.

2. What does the narrator see that makes her laugh when looking out the window at the Oxbridge luncheon?
(a) A kissing couple.
(b) A cat with no tail.
(c) A clumsy beadle.
(d) A singing bird.

3. What are the beadles doing as the narrator leaves the men's college?
(a) Cutting the grass.
(b) Chasing her out.
(c) Locking the gates.
(d) Serving dinner.

4. What is the name of the men's college visited by the narrator?
(a) Fernham.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxbridge.

5. What does the narrator compare to the feeling of having had a good meal and good conversation?
(a) A fine wine.
(b) A happy child.
(c) A lamp in the spine.
(d) A good night's rest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is upset that the narrator is walking on the grass at Oxbridge?

2. What was the cost of founding the women's college?

3. What, does the narrator claim, is "worse than being locked out?"

4. During which month does the narrator visit the two colleges?

5. What design is on the china at the women's college?

(see the answer key)

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