Question 2 of 5According to Woolf, why do great literary works often go unwritten?A.Because of government restrictions on voicing opinionsB.Because of a lack of creativityC.Because of a writer's need for financial securityD.Because of a lack of writing suppliesSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 9 of 10Why did Woolf write about gender equality at a time when she was achieving success as a writer?A.Because people did not fully recognize the unfair treatment of women during her timeB.Because she wanted to write something controversial that would make her richC.Because her father was overbearing and forbade her from getting an educationD.Because she was not allowed to vote in the elections of the timeSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which is true about why writers write?Writers want you to think about what they've written and for you to create your own ideas about the text to share with others.Writers want you to repeat what they say to others. What you think as a reader doesn't matter.

Question 12 of 19Based on A Room of One's Own, what does Woolf most likely believe?A.There was no need for female actresses in the playhouses.B.Achieving success depends on opportunities and encouragement.C.Male writers produce better manuscripts than female writers do.D.Shakespeare's talent was the only thing that made him a great writer.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 19 of 19Which question best represents the main idea in Woolf analyzes in A Room of One's Own?A.Why are women important characters in literature but unimportant in history?B.Why couldn't women vote and get involved politically?C.Why didn't women stand up for their rights earlier in history?D.Why were women considered property of their husbands in Shakespeare's time?SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The narrator's ability to consider the subject of gender inequality with disinterestedness stems in large part from her financial independence. She has five hundred pounds a year, and the effect of that income is to dissolve the frustration and vulnerability that would color her thinking and writing in a negative way. It is for this same reason that the writer of literature, in Woolf's view, must enjoy the luxury of financial freedom. Artistic production, even more perhaps than rational argumentation, requires that all traces of the particular self be distilled in the "white light of truth."