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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What writer does the narrator list as one whose self-consciousness the reader is aware of?
(a) Keats.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) All of the above.
(d) Flaubert.

2. What did women writers do before the eighteenth century to disguise their genders?
(a) Wrote under a man's name.
(b) Wore hats.
(c) Never published their work.
(d) Burned books in libraries.

3. Who is upset that the narrator is walking on the grass at Oxbridge?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The beadle.
(c) The priest.
(d) Her mother.

4. What does the narrator find fascinating about all the books written about women?
(a) That there are so few available.
(b) That they are all 100 years old.
(c) That they are all so good.
(d) That there are so many written by men.

5. How much income does the narrator receive per year?
(a) One thousand pounds.
(b) Ten million pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) One thousand dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What common factor is there in all of the writings the narrator reads about women?

2. To what physical trait does the narrator compare these vanities?

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

4. Where does the narrator go after leaving the museum?

5. Who does the narrator find herself envious of in the museum?

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