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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What female poet does the narrator recite to herself when leaving the luncheon, thinking that women must have hummed at parties before the war?
(a) Bronte.
(b) Rossetti.
(c) Rand.
(d) Dickinson.

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

3. What is one thing the narrator compares the big city she is visiting to?
(a) A circus.
(b) A black hole.
(c) A machine.
(d) A retreat.

4. Even up to the beginning of the nineteenth century, according to the narrator, what was "out of the question" for a woman?
(a) To raise more than two children.
(b) To live in the city.
(c) To have a room of her own.
(d) To marry someone handsome.

5. What characteristic does the narrator find is often assigned to fictional women?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Heroism.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What first name does the narrator give herself, even though she says it is unimportant?

2. According to the narrator, in relation to her husband, what was a woman prior to the women's movement?

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

4. What could happen to a woman who refused to marry the man her parents chose for her prior to the 19th century?

5. Which word best describes the food served at the Fernham dinner?

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