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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator go after visiting Oxbridge and Fernham?
(a) Paris.
(b) Italy.
(c) London.
(d) Tennessee.

2. To what does the narrator compare compiling information about the day-to-day life of a woman?
(a) Crying wolf.
(b) Challenging authority.
(c) Pulling teeth.
(d) Rewriting history.

3. What meanings does the narrator present as possibilities for discussing the lecture topic?
(a) Women and the fiction they write.
(b) Women and what they are like.
(c) Women and the fiction that is written about them.
(d) All of the above.

4. What time is dinner being served at Fernham?
(a) 8:00 pm.
(b) 7:30 pm.
(c) 5:15 pm.
(d) 6:00 pm.

5. The narrator wants to know, among other things, why woman are __________ than/to men.
(a) Richer.
(b) Poorer.
(c) Smarter.
(d) Inferior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does the narrator think best exemplifies a woman's purpose for a man?

2. According to the narrator, what does a woman with creative talent inevitably lose?

3. To what city does Shakespeare's fictional sister set out after leaving home?

4. According to the narrator, men have often compared the idea of women creating anything like fiction or music to what?

5. What emotion sneaks up on the narrator while she is reading the Professor's work?

(see the answer key)

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