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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator compare to the pile of books she gathers to study about women in the museum's library when it is placed on her desk?
(a) Manure.
(b) A gift from Heaven.
(c) An avalanche.
(d) A loadstone.

2. According to the narrator, how do we achieve self-confidence?
(a) By thinking that other people are inferior.
(b) By writing constantly.
(c) By finding happiness.
(d) By working hard.

3. According to the narrator, "Women do not write books about ______."
(a) Art.
(b) Literature.
(c) Men.
(d) Themselves.

4. What building is the narrator not allowed into at the men's college?
(a) The dormitory.
(b) The library.
(c) The church.
(d) The dining hall.

5. What is the name of the friend who the narrator visits with after dinner at Fernham?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Mary Seton.
(c) Joyce Brown.
(d) Olivia Price.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in the centuries before this story, had ownership of a woman's earnings?

2. What does the narrator say that the women before her were doing instead of earning money?

3. The narrator says that prunes are not _________.

4. What is the name of the men's college visited by the narrator?

5. What is the name of the women's college visited by the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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