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."

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

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 5 of 5Which statement best explains the historical contradiction about women that Woolf describes?A.Women attended universities but failed to produce educational triumphs.B.Women were powerful in stories yet considered property of their husbands in reality.C.Women were superior in the running of households yet deemed burdens by their husbands.D.Women were tireless in political activism yet denied the right to vote.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 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