MCQs- A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN
SET-1
1. Who is the author
of the essay "A Room of One's Own"?
A. Virginia Woolf
B. Jane Austen
C. Charlotte Bronte
D. Emily Dickinson
2. ‘A Room of One's
Own’ was first published in book
A. Oct 24,1928
B. Sep 24,1928
C. Oct 24,1929
D. Sep 24,1929
3. What is the
significance of Woolf beginning her essay with the word "But"?
A. To signal agreement
with traditional views on women's writing
B. To emphasize the
unconventional and contrarian nature of her argument
C. To introduce a
counter-narrative about male authors
D. To highlight the
essay's fictional setting at Oxbridge
4. On 20th and 26th
October, 1928, Virginia Woolf delivered two lectures on .............
A. "Women and
Fiction"
B. "Men and
Fiction"
C. "Women and
Drama"
D. None of the above
5. Woolf’s essay A
Room of One’s Own is based on the two lectures at .............
A. Oxford, Cambridge
B. Newnham, Girton
C. Oxford, Girton
D. None of the above
6. Newnham and Girton
colleges are part of ...........
A. Oxford
B. Oxbridge
C. Cambridge
D. None of the above
7. How many chapters
are there in the essay A Room of one’s own?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
8. The fictional
narrator of the essay is ..........
A. Mary Shelley
B. Mary Beton
C. Judith
Shakespeare
D. Virginia Seton
9. How does the Beadle
force the narrator back onto the public path at Oxbridge?
A. He pushed her to a
side
B. He gave her a stern
warning
C. He shown the board
'Fellows and scholars only'
D. He made gestures
with angry
10. In Chapter 1, the
narrator compares the production of a thought of hers on women and fiction to
which activity?
A. Gardening
B. Fishing
C. Cooking
D. Painting
11. At Oxbridge, the
narrator is prohibited from entering the library because:
A. She lacks a library
card
B. Women require a a
letter of introduction
C. The library is
reserved for science students
D. The library is
under renovation
12. The meals at the
men’s college versus Fernham College highlight:
A. The superiority of
vegetarian cuisine
B. A critique of
British culinary traditions
C. The narrator’s
preference for simple food
D. The impact of
wealth disparity on intellectual opportunities
13. Which historical
law allowed women to retain their earnings, as noted in the essay?
A. The Representation
of the People Act (1918)
B. The Married Women’s
Property Acts (1882)
C. The Education Act
(1870)
D. The Equality Act
(2010)
14. What is so
remarkable about the cat that appears in Chapter-1 ?
A. It represents the
theme of the essay
B. It is the pet of
the narrator
C. It is a monx cat
without a tail
D. It never leaves the
house
15. " One cannot
think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. The lamp in the
............. does not light on beef and prunes."?
A. Spine
B. Mind
C. Heart
D. Soul
16. Woolf argues that
a writer’s mind should be "incandescent," meaning:
A. Focused on personal
grievances
B. Free from personal
biases to reveal universal truths
C. Fiery and
passionate in style
D. Obsessed with
material wealth
17. The Manx cat
symbolizes:
A. The abundance of
post-war England
B. A sense of loss or
incompleteness in modern society
C. The narrator’s love
for animals
D. The tradition of
Oxbridge colleges
18. The narrator’s
exclusion from the Oxbridge lawn and library underscores:
A. The aesthetic
beauty of university campuses
B. Institutionalized
gender discrimination in academia
C. The narrator’s lack
of academic credentials
D. The importance of
male mentorship
19. What caused the
death of the narrator's aunt and benefactor?
A. She fell from a
horse
B. her ship to India
sank in a storm
C. She died of
consumption
D. She died in child
birth
20. What other
important event happened at the same time that the narrator learned of her
inheritance?
A. Her first child was
born
B. The first world war
began
C. Women were given
the vote
D. The first women's
college opened
21. At Fernham
College, the narrator’s dinner includes:
A. Soles and
partridges
B. Fresh fruit and
cheese
C. Lobster and
champagne
D. Beef, prunes, and
custard
22. What interrupts
the narrator’s thought at Oxbridge?
A. A library
guard
B. A Beadle (security guard)
C. A thunderstorm
D. A ringing
phone
23. Woolf claims that
before 1882, women’s earnings belonged to:
A. Their fathers
B. Their husbands
C. The government
D. Their
employers
24. What metaphor does
the narrator use for losing an idea at Oxbridge?
A. A lost fish
B. A broken
mirror
C. A burnt candle
D. A locked door
25. What genre does
Woolf’s essay mimic through its "train of thought" style?
A. Stream of
consciousness
B. Autobiography
C. Satire
D. Epic poetry
26. The narrator
compares Oxbridge to:
A. A prison
B. A marketplace
C. A laboratory or
museum
D. A theater
27. Woolf says “genius
like Shakespeare’s” cannot emerge among:
A. Aristocrats
B. Laboring,
uneducated people
C. Men
D. Poets
28. The essay’s
central thesis is………:
A. Political
activism
B. Financial
independence and privacy
C. Formal
education
D. Male approval
29. Woolf argues that
19th-century women wrote novels because:
A. Poetry was too
emotional
B. Novels suited their
social observation skills
C. Plays required male
actors
D. Publishers rejected
poetry
30. What does Woolf
suggest about anger in literature?
A. It inspires
creativity
B. It reflects
societal progress
C. It strengthens
arguments
D. It distorts
artistic truth
31. Where does the
narrator conduct research in Chapter 2?
A. Oxbridge Library
B. British Museum
C. Fernham College
D. A London café
32. What does the
narrator conclude about books discussing women at the British Museum?
A. They are mostly
written by women
B. They focus on
women’s achievements
C. They are
overwhelmingly authored by men
D. They lack credible
sources
33. The narrator
compares the dome of the British Museum to:
A. A giant clock
B. A huge bald
forehead
C. A prison cell
D. A glowing lantern
34. Which fictional
professor does the narrator mention to illustrate the anger in men's writing
about women?
A. Professor Von X
B. Professor Y
C. Professor Z
D. Professor Smith
35. What is the title
of Professor von X’s book?
A. The Intellectual
Superiority of Women
B. The Mental, Moral,
and Physical Inferiority of the Female Sex
C. Women in
Patriarchal Societies
D. Anger and Power in
Male Literature
36. How does the
narrator describe Professor von X’s writing style?
A. Dispassionate and
factual
B. Poetic and abstract
C. Humorous and
satirical
D. Fueled by anger and
emotion
37. Why does the
narrator become angry while reading Professor von X’s work?
A. The arguments are
factually incorrect
B. The professor
writes with anger and emotion
C. The book is poorly
organized
D. The topic is
irrelevant to her research
38. Woolf’s
“looking-glass” metaphor suggests men use women to:
A. Reflect their
insecurities
B. Critique societal
norms
C. Magnify their own
superiority
D. Inspire artistic
creation
39. What does the
narrator consider more important than the right to vote?
A. Access to education
B. Financial
independence
C. Equal employment
opportunities
D. Freedom of speech
40. What does the
narrator believe drives men’s anger in a patriarchal society?
A. Women’s
intellectual achievements
B. Fear of losing
power and superiority
C. Economic inequality
D. Social traditions
41. The narrator
believes financial independence is more vital than voting rights because it:
A. Grants political
influence
B. Ends dependence on
male authority
C. Guarantees
educational access
D. Validates women’s
intellectual abilities
42. What does the
narrator envision for future gender roles in the workforce?
A. Elimination of
gender-based labor divisions
B. Women dominating
leadership roles
C. Men embracing
domestic duties
D. Increased
protection for female workers
43. What event
coincided with the narrator receiving her inheritance?
A. The publication of
her first novel
B. Women gaining the
right to vote
C. The founding of
Fernham College
D. Professor von X’s
retirement
44. How does the
narrator describe the effect of anger on the quality of writing?
A. It enhances
creativity
B. It makes writing
more persuasive
C. It has no effect
D. It distorts the
truth
45. What does the
narrator suggest is necessary for a woman to write fiction?
A. Support from male
writers
B. Financial
independence and a private space
C. Formal education in
literature
D. Access to a vast
library
46. In Part III, what
does the narrator find surprising about women's representation in fiction
versus history?
A. Women are prominent
in history but absent in fiction.
B. Women are prominent
in fiction but absent in history.
C. Women are equally
represented in both fiction and history.
D. Women are
misrepresented in both fiction and history.
47. Which literary
period does the narrator criticize for having no notable women writers?
A. Victorian Era
B. Renaissance Italy
C. Elizabethan England
D. Romantic Period
48. What is the name
of the Shakespeare's imaginary sister?
A. Clarissa
B. Judith
C. Elizabeth
D. Mary
49. What contradiction
does the narrator find in historical accounts of women?
A. They were wealthy
but uneducated
B. They had strong
personalities in art but few legal rights
C. They wrote
anonymously but achieved fame
D. They rejected
marriage but upheld tradition
50. What key group is
missing from the history book the narrator reads?
A. Middle-class women
B. Aristocratic women
C. Female artists
D. Working-class men
51. Woolf argues that
protest literature diminishes a writer's work by:
A. Focusing too much
on historical accuracy
B. Diluting the
"incandescent" quality of creativity
C. Appealing only to
male audiences
D. Ignoring
socioeconomic barriers
52. The hypothetical
story of Judith Shakespeare is used to illustrate:
A. The success of
female playwrights in Elizabethan times
B. The barriers faced
by women with artistic talent
C. The rivalry between
siblings in creative fields
D. The role of
marriage in fostering creativity
53. Which factor does
NOT contribute to Judith Shakespeare's tragic fate?
A. Forced marriage
B. Societal
discouragement from writing
C. Denial of theater
opportunities
D. Access to formal
education
54. Why does the
narrator claim women's genius in Shakespeare's era went unrecorded?
A. Women preferred
oral storytelling
B. Works were
published anonymously or destroyed
C. Men plagiarized
their writings
D. Religious
institutions banned female authors
55. What does the
narrator consider essential for an "incandescent" creative mind?
A. Financial
independence and privacy
B. Public recognition
and awards
C. Collaboration with
other artists
D. Adherence to
political themes
56. Shakespeare's work
is described as "free and unimpeded" because it:
A. Focused on romantic
relationships
B. Filtered out
personal grievances and biases
C. Was funded by
wealthy patrons
D. Addressed feminist
themes
57. Why is Judith
Shakespeare in the essay?
A. She was a real
16th-century writer
B. To highlight
barriers faced by women writers
C. She inspired
Virginia Woolf
D. She wrote Life’s
Adventure
58. How does Woolf
describe Lady Winchilsea's poetry?
A. Filled with joy and
optimism
B. Focused on romantic
themes
C. Marked by
bitterness and anger
D. Centered on nature
and landscape
59. What common factor
did Lady Winchilsea and Margaret Cavendish share that influenced their writing
careers?
A. Both were married
with children
B. Both were childless
and of noble birth
C. Both were
financially independent
D. Both were
celebrated in their time
60. Which novelist,
writing in her Own day, does Woolf say is "wholly androgenous, if not
perhaps a little too much of a woman ?
A. D H Lawrence
B. John Steinbeck
C. E M Forester
D. Marcel Proust
61. According to the
narrator, what marred Lady Winchilsea’s poetry?
A. Excessive focus on
nature
B. Fear and hatred of
men
C. Lack of formal
education
D. Religious dogma
62. Why does the
narrator consider Aphra Behn a pivotal figure for women writers?
A. She wrote under a
male pseudonym
B. She was the first
middle-class woman to earn a living through writing
C. She focused
exclusively on feminist themes
D. She belonged to the
aristocracy
63. What literary form
dominated women’s writing in the 19th century?
A. Poetry
B. Drama
C. Novels
D. Letters
64. The narrator
suggests Jane Austen’s work lacks which of the following?
A. Emotional depth
B. Hatred, fear, or
protest
C. Complex characters
D. Social commentary
65. Why does the
narrator claim Charlotte Brontë’s genius was “disfigured”?
A. Lack of formal
education
B. Anger and
resentment in her writing
C. Overreliance on
male literary traditions
D. Excessive focus on
romance
66. What obstacle did
19th-century middle-class women face when writing novels?
A. Limited access to
publishing
B. Frequent
interruptions and lack of privacy
C. Societal pressure
to write poetry
D. Legal restrictions
on female authors
67. What does the
narrator argue was Aphra Behn’s greatest contribution to women’s writing?
A. Proving women could
write tragedies
B. Inspiring financial
independence and freedom of mind
C. Popularizing
feminist manifestos
D. Advocating for
women’s suffrage
68. Why does the
narrator compare Jane Austen to Shakespeare?
A. Both wrote about
aristocratic societies
B. Their minds
“consumed all impediments,” creating universal work
C. They used similar
sentence structures
D. Both faced public
criticism for their gender
69. What hindered
Margaret of Newcastle’s poetry, according to the narrator?
A. Her focus on
scientific topics
B. Personal grievances
and isolation
C. Lack of
aristocratic connections
D. Religious
censorship
70. The narrator
attributes the 19th-century female shift to novels to:
A. Women’s training in
social observation
B. The decline of
poetry’s popularity
C. Male critics’
preference for novels
D. Government grants
for novelists
71. What does the
narrator identify as the “greatest obstacle” for 19th-century women writers?
A. Financial
dependency on men
B. Absence of a female
literary tradition
C. Societal disdain
for fiction
D. Limited access to
libraries
72. Dorothy Osborne
wrote letters instead of poetry because:
A. She lacked
creativity
B. It was deemed
proper for women
C. Poetry required
formal training
D. Her family forbade
her from publishing
73. In Part V, which
fictional author does the narrator invent to discuss contemporary women's
writing?
A. Mary Carmichael
B. Jane Doe
C. Emily Stone
D. Sarah Blake
74. What is the title
of Mary Carmichael's novel that the narrator examines?
A. "Life's
Journey"
B. "Woman's
World"
C. "Life's
Adventure"
D. "The Female
Experience"
75. How does the
narrator initially describe the quality of Carmichael's writing?
A. Brilliant and
flawless
B. Awkward and uneven
C. Traditional and
predictable
D. Poetic and lyrical
76. Which surprising
phrase in Carmichael's novel prompts the narrator to reflect on relationships
between women in literature?
A. "Chloe liked
Olivia"
B. "Emily admired
Sarah"
C. "Anna envied
Maria"
D. "Lucy despised
Jane"
77. Why does Woolf
praise Jane Austen’s writing style?
A. Because Austen
wrote without bitterness or self-consciousness
B. Because Austen
focused exclusively on male characters
C. Because Austen
strictly followed traditional literary forms
D. Because Austen
wrote only about politics
78. What does Woolf
predict about the future of women’s literature?
A. It will evolve in
new and unexpected ways
B. It will remain
stagnant due to societal restrictions
C. It will become
identical to male literature
D. It will never reach
the level of men’s writing
79. What is Woolf’s
assessment of Mary Carmichael’s writing style?
A. It is perfect and
flawless
B. It is fresh and
experimental but lacks polish
C. It is overly
traditional and unoriginal
D. It is exactly like
Shakespeare’s
80. What metaphor does
Woolf use to describe the ideal writer’s mind?
A. A well-tuned
instrument
B. A flowing river
C. An androgynous mind
D. A locked treasure
chest
81. Which male writer
does Woolf praise for having an androgynous mind?
A. Charles Dickens
B. William Shakespeare
C. John Milton
D. Samuel Johnson
82. What does Woolf
suggest women must do with the literary past?
A. Break away from it
and write freely
B. Follow its
traditions strictly
C. Ignore it
completely
D. Study only male
authors
83. What does Woolf
say is needed for great writing?
A. Talent alone
B. Money and privacy
C. Government approval
D. Fancy education
84. Judith Shakespeare
is:
A. Shakespeare’s real
sister
B. A symbol of lost
female genius
C. A famous poet
D. A character in
Hamlet
85. If women get money
and privacy, Woolf says:
A. They’ll stop
writing
B. Judith Shakespeare
will return
C. Men will quit
D. Art will die
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SET-2
1.To
explain how she arrived at her thesis, Woolf's narrator says she will use
"all the liberties and licenses" of ___.
a)
A poet
b)
A novelist
c)
A professor
d)
A lawyer
Answer:
b) A novelist
2.To
what does the narrator compare her lost idea after being interrupted on the
riverbank by the Beadle?
a)
A drop of water
b)
A ray of sunlight
c)
A cat
d)
A fish
Answer:
d) A fish
3.What
university event does the narrator describe as having lit "the rich yellow
flame of rational conversation"?
a)
A lecture
b)
A graduation ceremony
c)
A luncheon
d)
An exam
Answer:
c) A luncheon
4.In
what part of the body does the narrator describe a "lamp" lighting
with the sense of power and possibility?
a)
The spine
b)
The heart
c)
The gut
d)
The feet
Answer:
a) The spine
5.In
the closing to Chapter 1, the narrator reflects that "urbanity, geniality,
and dignity" are the offspring of ___.
a)
Luxury
b)
White privilege
c)
Creativity
d)
Morality
Answer:
a) Luxury
6.Resolving
to visit the British Museum, what "essential" fluid does the narrator
cite as embodying the truth she seeks there?
a)
Wine
b)
Water
c)
Oil
d)
Blood
Answer:
c) Oil
7.
What topic does the narrator try and fail to find archived under the
"M" section of the British Library?
a)
Males
b)
Motherhood
c)
Music
d)
Mayhem
Answer:
a) Males
8.
Reading books on the subject of women, the narrator determines that they had
all been written in the grips of ___.
a)
Love
b)
Curiosity
c)
Jealousy
d)
Anger
Answer:
d) Anger
9.How
much is the annual financial legacy left to the narrator by Mary Beton?
a)
One hundred pounds
b)
Five hundred pounds
c)
Two thousand pounds
d)
Ten thousand pounds
Answer:
b) Five hundred pounds
10.
What does the narrator conclude about the value of women's domestic work as
compared to men's?
a)
It is more valuable
b)
It is less valuable
c)
It is equally valuable
d)
It is changeable
Answer:
d) It is changeable
11.
What subject does the narrator describe as recording "not opinions, but
facts"?
a)
Biology
b)
History
c)
Politics
d)
Literature
Answer:
b) History
12.
After visiting the British Library, to which period does the narrator turn to
begin her research about women's lives?
a)
Victorian
b)
Edwardian
c)
Regency
d)
Elizabethan
Answer:
d) Elizabethan
13.
For what transgressive request is the hypothetical Judith beaten by her father?
a)
To remain unmarried
b)
To attend college
c)
To visit America
d)
To become an actress
Answer:
a) To remain unmarried
14.
What trait does the narrator identify as generally absent among
"labouring, uneducated, servile people"?
a)
Self-awareness
b)
Persistence
c)
Loyalty
d)
Genius
Answer:
d) Genius
15.
As per the narrator, the mind of an artist is particularly susceptible to ___.
a)
Exhaustion
b)
Disease
c)
Manipulation
d)
Discouragement
Answer:
d) Discouragement
16.The
narrator asserts that early women writers arose from "comparative freedom
and comfort", citing which aristocratic 18th-century poet?
a)
Aphra Behn
b)
Lady Winchilsea
c)
Dorothy Osborne
d)
Elizabeth Frances Amherst
Answer:
b) Lady Winchilsea
17.Which
writer does the narrator criticize for having had potential, but wasting her
time "scribbling nonsense"?
a)
Dorothy Osborne
b)
George Eliot
c)
Margaret of Newcastle
d)
Mary Shelley
Answer:
c) Margaret of Newcastle
18.Which
writer does the narrator cite as a trailblazer, whose tomb all other women
should "let flowers fall upon"?
a)
Aphra Behn
b)
Lady Winchilsea
c)
Dorothy Osborne
d)
Elizabeth Frances Amherst
Answer:
a) Aphra Behn
19.Of
which novelist does the narrator write, "Her imagination swerved from
indignation and we felt it swerve"?
a)
Charlotte Bronte
b)
George Eliot
c)
Jane Austen
d)
Mary Shelley
Answer:
a) Charlotte Bronte
20.In
the narrator's view, what was the greatest obstacle for 19th-century women
writers, e.g. Austen and the Brontes?
a)
Childcare responsibilities
b)
Indifferent husbands
c)
Lack of literary tradition
d)
Illiteracy
Answer:
c) Lack of literary tradition
21.
What is the title of the book by Mary Carmichael which the narrator initially
compares unfavorably to Jane Austen's work?
a)
Life and Death
b)
A Woman's Journey
c)
Life's Adventure
d)
My Great Adventure
Answer:
c) Life's Adventure
22.
Where do Carmichael's characters Chloe and Olivia work together?
a)
A laboratory
b)
A school
c)
A church
d)
A hospital
Answer:
a) A laboratory
23.
As Per the narrator, what trait is Mary Carmichael "encumbered" with
which makes her a "nature-novelist"?
a)
Poverty
b)
Self-consciousness
c)
Lack of education
d)
Children
Answer:
b) Self-consciousness
24.After
examining Mary Carmichael's work, the narrator concludes that a hundred years
and five hundred pounds would make her ___.
a)
An icon
b)
A novelist
c)
A poet
d)
An aristocrat
Answer:
c) A poet
25.In
her final chapter, the narrator describes looking over a city which is
indifferent to "the death" of ___.
a)
The poor
b)
Poetry
c)
Morality
d)
Virility
Answer:
b) Poetry
26.In
the final chapter, what city does the narrator awake and observe?
a)
New York
b)
Paris
c)
Rome
d)
London
Answer:
d) London
27.What
does the narrator note an "extraordinary desire" for in the work of
contemporary male writers, e.g. Mr. A?
a)
Self-assertion
b)
Money
c)
Dominance
d)
Fascism
Answer:
a) Self-assertion
28.As
Woolf takes over for her narrator, what does she anticipate criticism for
overemphasizing the importance of?
a)
Poetry
b)
Material things
c)
Gender
d)
Self-consciousness
Answer:
b) Material things
29.As
Woolf takes over for her narrator, what does she lament that women have been
"from the beginning of time"?
a)
Poor
b)
Underappreciated
c)
Gifted
d)
Uneducated
Answer:
a) Poor
30.In
what year was Virginia Woolf born?
a)
1876
b)
1879
c)
1880
d)
1882
Answer:
d) 1882
31.Beginning
in her teens, Virginia Woolf suffered from ___.
a)
Gout
b)
Depressive mental illness
c)
Schizophrenic hallucinations
d)
Tinnitus
Answer:
b) Depressive mental illness
32.In
which London neighborhood did Virginia Woolf live with her sister, beginning in
1904?
a)
Bloomsbury
b)
Dalston
c)
Kingsbridge
d)
Chelsea
Answer:
a) Bloomsbury
33.Together
with her husband, Woolf ran a small but influential ___.
a)
Bar
b)
Literary salon series
c)
Printing press
d)
Hotel
Answer:
c) Printing press
34.A
Room of One's Own was expanded and revised from talks given by Virginia Woolf
at which colleges?
a)
Oxford and Eton
b)
Harvard and Yale
c)
Newnham and Girton
d)
Barnard and Smith
Answer:
c) Newnham and Girton
35.In
addition to the titular room, what does Woolf's thesis identify as a
requirement for a woman writing fiction?
a)
Children
b)
Money
c)
A housekeeper
d)
A husband
Answer:
b) Money
36.Which
of the following names does Woolf advance as a moniker for Room's imaginary
narrator?
a)
Mary Beton
b)
Mary Seton
c)
Mary Carmichael
d)
All of the above
Answer:
d) All of the above
37.Where
does the narrator of A Room of One's Own begin her investigation of women's
writing?
a)
English Parliament
b)
Oxford University
c)
Oxbridge College
d)
The Sorbonne
Answer:
c) Oxbridge College
38.Where
does the A Room of One's Own narrator peruse the scholarship on women, all of
which is male-authored?
a)
The British Library
b)
Library of Parliament
c)
The Wren Library
d)
Beinecke Library
Answer:
a) The British Library
39.The
narrator of A Room of One's invents a sister for this famous playwright to
illustrate the tragic history of intelligent women.
a)
Arthur Miller
b)
William Shakespeare
c)
Sophocles
d)
George Bernard Shaw
Answer:
b) William Shakespeare
40.Who
tells the narrator that only "Fellows and Scholars" are permitted on
the grass at Oxbridge?
a)
Mr. A
b)
Mary Carmichael
c)
The Beadle
d)
Professor X
Answer:
c) The Beadle
41.What
is the profession of the imagined Mr. A?
a)
Author
b)
Janitor
c)
Journalist
d)
Doctor
Answer:
a) Author
42.What
is Mary Beton's relationship to the narrator?
a)
Mother
b)
Grandmother
c)
Cousin
d)
Aunt
Answer:
d) Aunt
43.What
is the first name of the character who commits suicide when she can find no
outlet for her genius?
a)
Mary
b)
Judith
c)
Virginia
d)
Jane
Answer:
b) Judith
44.Which
character's work is described as having "broken the sentence, broken the
sequence"?
a)
Mary Carmichael
b)
Mr. A
c)
Mary Seton
d)
Henrik Ibsen
Answer:
a) Mary Carmichael
45.The
narrative of A Room of One's Own is complicated by the narrator's ___.
a)
Shifting identity
b)
Femininity
c)
Hysteria
d)
Psychosis
Answer:
a) Shifting identity
46.As
a storyteller, what word best describes the narrator?
a)
Myopic
b)
Esoteric
c)
Erudite
d)
Omniscient
Answer:
c) Erudite
47.What
word does the narrator of A Room of One's Own use to describe the ideal state
for creating art?
a)
Persistence
b)
Incandescence
c)
Immobility
d)
Clairvoyance
Answer:
b) Incandescence
48.The
narrator of A Room of One's Own forces readers to question the notion that
women are ___.
a)
Not funny
b)
Less intelligent
c)
Natural housekeepers
d)
Inferior writers
Answer:
d) Inferior writers
49.Who
is the only major character in A Room of One's Own?
a)
The unnamed narrator
b)
The Beadle
c)
Mr. A
d)
Virginia Woolf
Answer:
a) The unnamed narrator
50.
What kind of books does the narrator move to examine, leading her to the work
of Mary Carmichael?
a)
Books by living authors
b)
Books by aristocrats
c)
Autobiographies
d)
Poetry anthologies
Answer:
a) Books by living authors
51.Which
theme is embodied by the narrator's assertion that "intellectual freedom
depends upon material things"?
a)
The importance of money
b)
The subjectivity of truth
c)
The inevitability of death
d)
The problem of evil
Answer:
a) The importance of money
52.The
theme of subjectivity is illustrated by the narrator's claim that one
"cannot hope" to tell the truth about ___.
a)
Biology
b)
Politics
c)
Controversial subjects
d)
One's own life
Answer:
c) Controversial subjects
53.What
motif is illustrated by the appearance within the text of a cat without a tail?
a)
Money
b)
Doppelgängers
c)
Gender inequality
d)
Interruptions
Answer:
d) Interruptions
54.What
motif is illustrated by the imagined story of Judith?
a)
Money
b)
Doppelganger
c)
Gender inequality
d)
Interruptions
Answer:
c) Gender inequality
55.What
does the titular room in A Room of One's Own symbolize?
a)
Privacy
b)
Financial freedom
c)
Leisure time
d)
All of the above
Answer:
d) All of the above
56.
What must a woman need to enter the university library unaccompanied?
a)
A research project
b)
A doctorate
c)
Women are never allowed
d)
A letter of introduction
Answer:
d) A letter of introduction
57.
What does the Manx cat make the narrator think about?
a)
Karl Marx
b)
Dogs
c)
The future of England
d)
Pre-war England
Answer:
d) Pre-war England
58.
Why does the narrator believe the writing of women such as Charlotte Brontë
often suffers?
a)
They are not geniuses
b)
They write out of anger or insecurity
c)
They have limited experience
d)
They have not been trained in writing
Answer:
b) They write out of anger or insecurity
59.
What is the name the narrator gives to William Shakespeare's imaginary sister?
a)
Judith
b)
Bess
c)
Ellen
d)
Elizabeth
Answer:
a) Judith
60.
What is curious about the Manx cat the narrator sees?
a)
It smells
b)
It is missing its tail
c)
It is blind
d)
It is deaf
Answer:
b) It is missing its tail
61.
Why did English women not keep their own money until recently?
a)
They did not want it
b)
They did not know how to manage it
c)
Their property went to their fathers
d)
Their property went to their husbands
Answer:
d) Their property went to their husbands
62.
What does the narrator propose women writers should receive?
a)
Importance of Women Education
b)
500 pounds a year and private rooms
c)
The right to vote
d)
500 dollars a year and private rooms
Answer:
b) 500 pounds a year and private rooms
63.
What word related to "light" does the narrator frequently associate
with genius?
a)
Incandescent
b)
Lambent
c)
Bright
d)
Illuminated
Answer:
a) Incandescent
64.
Why is the food at the women's college inferior to that at the men's college?
a)
The cooks are less experienced
b)
The women prefer bland food
c)
The college has less money
d)
They receive the men's leftovers
Answer:
c) The college has less money
65.
What is the only kind of mind the narrator believes can attain genius?
a)
The asexual mind
b)
The female mind
c)
The male mind
d)
The androgynous mind
Answer:
d) The androgynous mind
66.
What sight makes the narrator reflect upon androgyny?
a)
An old man
b)
A young boy
c)
A man and woman getting into a taxi
d)
The Manx cat
Answer:
c) A man and woman getting into a taxi
67.
How does Judith die?
a)
Of old age
b)
Murder
c)
Suicide
d)
In childbirth
Answer:
c) Suicide
68.
Why is the narrator not allowed to cross the lawn?
a)
No one is allowed to
b)
Only Fellows and Scholars are allowed to
c)
It has been freshly seeded
d)
She does not have a letter of introduction
Answer:
b) Only Fellows and Scholars are allowed to
69.
What does the narrator believe her inheritance is more important than?
a)
Freedom of religion
b)
Her private room
c)
Suffrage
d)
Free speech
Answer:
c) Suffrage
70.
From whom did the narrator receive her inheritance?
a)
Her mother
b)
Her aunt
c)
Her uncle
d)
Her father
Answer:
b) Her aunt
71.
When was Woolf's lecture originally delivered?
a)
Oct. 1928
b)
Mar. 1818
c)
June 1942
d)
Jan. 1900
Answer:
a) Oct. 1928
72.
What is the difference in the food between the men's college and the women's
college?
a)
The men's food is superior
b)
The men's food is saltier
c)
The women's food is superior
d)
The women receive the men's leftovers
Answer:
a) The men's food is superior
73.
Why does the narrator believe the writing of men often suffers?
a)
They are not geniuses
b)
They have too much experience
c)
They write out of aggression
d)
They have been overeducated
Answer:
c) They write out of aggression
74.
To what everyday object does the narrator liken the enlarging/belittling
relationship between men and women?
a)
Mirror
b)
Looking-glass
c)
Toothbrush
d)
Hairbrush
Answer:
b) Looking-glass
75.
Which 19th-century female novelist does the narrator laud for her unhampered
genius?
a)
Emily Brontë
b)
Charlotte Brontë
c)
George Eliot
d)
Jane Austen
Answer:
d) Jane Austen
76.
Which female writer was the first to earn money through her writing?
a)
Aphra Behn
b)
Emily Brontë
c)
Jane Austen
d)
Virginia Woolf
Answer:
a) Aphra Behn
77.
What did writers like Jane Austen frequently do because of their lack of
privacy?
a)
They hid their manuscripts as they wrote
b)
They embroidered their novels
c)
They mentally composed novels, then wrote
d)
They built their own rooms
Answer:
a) They hid their manuscripts as they wrote
78.
Why does the narrator believe 19th-century women writers focused on the novel?
a)
It was smarter
b)
They preferred them to plays
c)
They had failed at poetry
d)
It was a new and pliable form
Answer:
d) It was a new and pliable form
79.
What is odd about the 19th-century women writers' choice of the novel?
a)
Philosophy is more sophisticated
b)
Plays are more social
c)
Poetry is more feminine
d)
Novels require more concentration and privacy
Answer:
d) Novels require more concentration and privacy
80.What
is required for an unaccompanied woman to be admitted to the library at
Oxbridge?
a)
Aristocratic parentage
b)
A letter of introduction
c)
Graduate-student status
d)
A room of her own
Answer:
b) A letter of introduction
81.How
does the Beadle force the narrator back onto the public path at Oxbridge?
a)
He issues her a citation
b)
He gives her a stern warning
c)
He points to the sign saying "Fellows and Scholars only"
d)
He walks toward her, making gestures and looking angry
Answer:
d) He walks toward her, making gestures and looking angry
82.What
is so remarkable about the cat that appears in Chapter 1?
a)
It eats the narrator's fish
b)
It is allowed into the library
c)
It has no tail
d)
It never leaves the house
Answer:
c) It has no tail
83.In
what year, according to Mary Seton, was Fernham created?
a)
1860
b)
1890
c)
1910
d)
1950
Answer:
a) 1860
84.What
does the domed ceiling of the British Library remind the narrator of?
a)
The paths of planetary motion
b)
An empty box
c)
Shakespeare's Globe Theater
d)
A huge head
Answer:
d) A huge head
85.Which
gender has been more extensively researched, according to the catalogue of the
British Library?
a)
Male
b)
Female
c)
Transgender
d)
Both Male and Female
Answer:
b) Female
86.What
caused the death of the narrator's aunt and benefactor?
a)
She fell from a horse
b)
Her ship to India sank in a storm
c)
She died of consumption
d)
She died in childbirth
Answer:
a) She fell from a horse
87.What
other important event happened at the same time that the narrator learned of
her inheritance?
a)
Her first child was born
b)
The First World War began
c)
Women were given the vote
d)
The first women's college opened
Answer:
c) Women were given the vote
88.What
name does the narrator give to Shakespeare's sister?
a)
Clarissa
b)
Ann
c)
Mary
d)
Judith
Answer:
d) Judith
89.Which
of the following writers were women?
a)
Currer Bell
b)
George Sand
c)
"Anonymous"
d)
All of the above
Answer:
d) All of the above
90.Which
of the following best describes Woolf's principle of "incandescence"
in art?
a)
Transparency in the presentation of characters
b)
The consumption of all foreign matter, impediments and personal grievances
c)
The ability to dwell in doubts and mysteries without any irritable reaching
after fact and reason
d)
The spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions recollected in tranquillity
Answer:
b) The consumption of all foreign matter, impediments and personal grievances
91.Who,
in the narrator's estimation, compares to Shakespeare in incandescence?
a)
Aphra Behn
b)
George Eliot
c)
Marcel Proust
d)
Jane Austen
Answer:
d) Jane Austen
92.What
two elements are in conflict in the novel, according to the narrator?
a)
The male principle and the female principle
b)
Life and something that is not life
c)
History and science
d)
Ideas and emotions
Answer:
b) Life and something that is not life
93.What
two narrative elements of the novel did Mary Carmichael "break"?
a)
The structure and the form
b)
The beginning and the end
c)
The sentence and the sequence
d)
Persona and perspective
Answer:
c) The sentence and the sequence
94.What
relationship do Chloe and Olivia have in Mary Carmichael's novel?
a)
They work together and like each other
b)
They are sisters and compete for their father's attention
c)
They are lovers and meet secretly at night
d)
They are neighbors, and their children play together
Answer:
a) They work together and like each other
95.What,
according to the narrator, should be the effect of education on the differences
between men and women?
a)
It should seek to eliminate gender differences
b)
It should promote the classification and cataloguing of gender differences
c)
It should bring out and fortify gender differences
d)
It should make ignore gender differences
Answer:
c) It should bring out and fortify gender differences
96.What
must a Mary Carmichael disclose about men if she is to fulfill her office as a
writer?
a)
Men's anger
b)
The spot on the back of men's heads
c)
The conventional nature of men's writing
d)
The untold relationships existing between men
Answer:
b) The spot on the back of men's heads
97.In
the last chapter, what is the city of London's feeling to the current state of
fiction?
a)
Indignation
b)
Indifference
c)
Disbelief
d)
Despair
Answer:
b) Indifference
98.When
does the essay take place?
a)
August, 1860
b)
September, 1919
c)
October, 1928
d)
November, 1945
Answer:
c) October, 1928
99.Which
novelist, writing in her own day, does Woolf say is "wholly androgynous,
if not perhaps a little too much of a woman"?
a)
D. H. Lawrence
b)
Marcel Proust
c)
E. M. Forster
d)
John Steinbeck
Answer:
b) Marcel Proust
100.
Why does the narrator angrily draw a picture of a professor ?
a)
His anger has made her angry
b)
No reason is given
c)
His fear has made her fearful
d)
She is bored
Answer:
His anger has made her angry
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