A Literature of Their Own - Chapter 8 Quiz

What did many women writers face due to the suffrage movement according to Showalter?

Question Answer Choices Support and encouragement from their peers New platforms to express their views Challenges and threats they were not ready to cope with Opportunities for growth and development

What did many women writers produce as the suffrage movement approached its climax?

Question Answer Choices Political pamphlets to novels Scientific journals and reports Religious texts and sermons Biographies and autobiographies

What did many Victorian women writers do regarding the women's suffrage movement?

Question Answer Choices Wholeheartedly supported the women's suffrage movement Criticized the women's suffrage movement for its violence Dissociated themselves from the women's suffrage movement Remained neutral on the women's suffrage movement

What was the primary focus of Mrs. Humphry Ward's novels and life?

Question Answer Choices Political activism Women's suffrage Literary criticism Social work

Who was the president of the Women Writers Suffrage League founded in 1908?

Question Answer Choices Dora Marsden Mrs. Humphry Ward George Eliot Elizabeth Robins

What did Mrs. Humphry Ward emphasize women should work on instead of clamoring for their own rights?

Question Answer Choices Educational opportunities Social reform Economic independence Political equality

What did George Eliot believe about women's readiness for political equality?

Question Answer Choices Women should focus on social reform instead of political equality. Women were not ready to assume the responsibilities of political equality. Women were intellectually equal to men and ready for political equality. Women needed to first address more critical issues before seeking political equality.

What did Dora Marsden and her followers advocate through their publications?

Question Answer Choices The importance of social reform A philosophy of free love and individualism Political equality for women Traditional family values

What did the Anti-Suffrage League advocate for women?

Question Answer Choices Women's intellectual superiority The 'beautiful Unlikeness' of women Political equality for women The importance of female solidarity

What did Showalter conclude about the suffrage movement's impact on women writers?

Question Answer Choices It greatly advanced women's writing It had no significant impact on women writers It provided new opportunities for women writers It was not a happy stimulus to women writers