A Room of One's Own Study Guide

1. When was Woolf's lecture originally delivered?

• June 1942
• Jan. 1900
• Mar. 1818
• Oct. 1928

2. Where was Woolf's lecture originally delivered?

• Harvard University
• Newnham and Girton
• The Sorbonne
• University College in Oxford

3. What does the narrator propose women writers should receive?

• 500 pounds a year and private rooms
• Free paper
• 30,000 pounds a year and private rooms
• The vote

4. What is the only kind of mind the narrator believes can attain genius?

• The androgynous mind
• The female mind
• The male mind
• The asexual mind

5. What word related to "light" does the narrator frequently associate with genius?

• Bright
• Incandescent
• Lambent
• Illuminated

6. What sight makes the narrator reflect upon androgyny?

• A young boy
• The Manx cat
• An old man
• A man and woman getting into a taxi

7. Why is the narrator not allowed to cross the lawn?

• Only Fellows and Scholars are allowed to
• She does not have a letter of introduction
• No one is allowed to
• It has been freshly seeded

8. What must a woman need to enter the university library unaccompanied?

• Women are never allowed
• A doctorate
• A letter of introduction
• A research project

9. What is the difference in the food between the men's college and the women's college?

• The men's food is saltier
• The women receive the men's leftovers
• The women's food is superior
• The men's food is superior

10. What is curious about the Manx cat the narrator sees?

• It is blind
• It is missing its tail
• It is deaf
• It smells