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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dorothy Osborne claims that she would not resort to fiction even if she couldn't ________.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Live.
(c) Write.
(d) Eat.

2. According to the narrator, what animal has the most eyes of all the animals?
(a) The wasp.
(b) The spider.
(c) The fish.
(d) The horse.

3. What heading does the narrator place on the page of notes she is taking while researching "women and fiction?"
(a) Women and Art.
(b) Women and Men.
(c) Women and Truth.
(d) Women and Poverty.

4. To what city does Shakespeare's fictional sister set out after leaving home?
(a) Rome.
(b) Paris.
(c) Dallas.
(d) London.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, how do we achieve self-confidence?

2. The narrator finds that the woman "is all but absent from ________."

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

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

5. What virtues did Behn posses, according to the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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