Question 22 of 24Read the following excerpt from A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf:[A]ny woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century would certainly have gone crazed, shot herself, or ended her days in some lonely cottage outside the village, half witch, half wizard, feared and mocked at. For it needs little skill in psychology to be sure that a happily gifted girl who had tried to use her gift for poetry would have been so thwarted and hindered by other people.Which statement best states the idea that this excerpt helps to develop?A.Emotions have prevented women from success.B.Historians have glossed over women's achievements.C.Men have conspired to keep women powerless.D.Society has held women back from greatness.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 9 of 19Read this excerpt from A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf:Let us suppose that a father from the highest motives did not wish his daughter to leave home and become writer, painter or scholar. . . . [T]here was an enormous body of masculine opinion to the effect that nothing could be expected of women intellectually. Even if her father did not read out loud these opinions, any girl could read them for herself; and the reading, even in the nineteenth century, must have lowered her vitality, and told profoundly upon her work.Which sentence best states the idea that this excerpt helps to develop?A.Women have been held back by their desire not to leave their parents' home.B.Women have contributed to the body of opinion about their role in society.C.Women have contributed to their parents' desire to protect them.D.Women have been held back by men's view of what they can do.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 7 of 10Based on her essay A Room of One's Own, with which statement would Woolf most likely agree?A.During Elizabethan times, there was no need for female actresses in the playhouses.B.As a general rule, male writers tend to produce more talent-evident manuscripts than women.C.As evidenced by imperialism, women are just as mistreated as natives in colonized countries.D.Achieving success is not just a matter of pure talent; it also depends on opportunities and encouragement.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 5 of 10According to Woolf, what factors contribute to a woman's lack of achievement?A.Not being able to vote in political eventsB.Being dissuaded from pursuing her interestsC.Lacking creativity and talentD.Choosing marriage over businessSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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 4 of 10Which passage from A Room of One's Own best represents Woolf's thought process in conducting research for her essay?A.The moment, however, that one tries this method with the Elizabethan woman, one branch of illumination fails; one is held up by the scarcity of facts.B.She never writes her own life and scarcely keeps a diary; there are only a handful of her letters in existence.C.And I turned to Professor Trevelyan again to see what history meant to him. I found by looking at his chapter headings that it meant . . .D.All these facts lie somewhere, presumably, in parish registers and account books; the life of the average Elizabethan woman must be scattered about somewhere . . .SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS