Shakespeare's Sister

•In her essay “Shakespeare’s Sister,” what prompts Virginia Woolf’s musings about Shakespeare’s sister?

• A true story

• A bishop’s statement.

• She admires Shakespeare's work.

• A play she read.

•In “Shakespeare’s Sister,” what does Woolf suggest was the main reason a woman in Shakespeare’s day could never have written plays like Shakespeare’s?

• lack of experience.

• financial strictures

• Social strictures.

• Lack of ambition.

Which of these adjectives best describes the imaginary character of Judith Shakespeare in “Shakespeare’s Sister”?

• talented

• kindhearted

• philosophical

• obedient

Schools often fail to meet the needs of __________ children.

He has terrible ______ so you can probably imagine what his house looks like.

Which of these people most clearly displays a fancy for words?

• cannot speak in public

• likes finer things in life

• likes crosswords puzzles

• never says what he or she really means.

Consider the account presented in “Shakespeare’s Sister.” How would well-to-do parents in Shakespeare’s day most likely have treated a daughter’s literary ambitions?

• encourage those ambitions

• stop those ambitions.

• boast about those ambitions.

• ignore those ambitions

In the scenario that Virginia Woolf presents in “Shakespeare’s Sister,” what is the main reason that Judith Shakespeare sets off for London?

• to avoid arrange marriage

• to join her brother

• driven by her ambition.

• None of the above

Which statement best expresses the central claim of Woolf’s argument in “Shakespeare’s Sister."

• No woman who lived in Shakespeare's time could have possessed Shakespeare’s genius.

• Shakespeare' sister is more adventurous than her brother.

• Shakespeare’s sister would have written better plays than her brother.

• No woman could have written Shakespeare’s plays because society

  would have stifled her genius.

What is the main paradigm that Woolf presents to argue her claim in “Shakespeare’s Sister”?

• an argument about women's situation during Shakespeare's time

• an imaginary story about Shakespeare's Sister

• Parts of Shakespeare's play

• None of the above