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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Reta, what is "full of rough corners that seem to me just about to come into their full beauty"?
(a) Reta's writing.
(b) Reta's home.
(c) Reta's daughters.
(d) Reta's husband.

2. Why does Reta also chide Valkner about his article "The History of Dictionaries"?
(a) For attempting to discuss all literature instead of narrowing his focus.
(b) For failing to mention some of the century's great female writers.
(c) For his patronizing tone in discussing some of the great female writers of the century.
(d) For including male writers that are blatantly sexist.

3. What does Reta bring Norah on the way to her appointment to have her eyebrows tinted?
(a) Food and a warm coat.
(b) Shoes and books.
(c) Food and a picture of Pet.
(d) Books and a picture of Christine and Natalie.

4. Who does Reta mention by name in her letter of complaint about "Great Minds of the Western Intellectual World"?
(a) Christine.
(b) Tom.
(c) Natalie.
(d) Norah.

5. Why does Natalie thank Reta on Christine's birthday in October?
(a) For taking them to dinner.
(b) For being a great mom.
(c) For not naming her Ophelia.
(d) For throwing a party for Christine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What present does Reta get for Norah's seventeenth birthday while on a book tour in D.C.?

2. According to Reta, what is the most important aspect in her life?

3. According to Reta's writer friends at the Orange Blossom Room, why are women excluded from real life?

4. What is the name of the university Norah is accepted to in 1998?

5. What word does Norah have written on the cardboard sign on her chest?

(see the answer key)

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