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Who is the author of "Notes from a Modern Tragedy"?
Ibsen
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What does Ibsen suggest about women in modern society?
Women cannot be
themselves
in a
male society
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What does Ibsen compare a mother in modern society to?
Certain
insects
that retire and die
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What year was the Norwegian League for Women’s Rights established?
1898
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What is Ibsen's view on the women's rights movement?
He is unclear about its
purpose
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What does Harriet Taylor Mill say about women's education?
It is aimed at
gaining a husband
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Who wrote "The Angel in the House"?
Coventry Patmore
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What does Patmore suggest about a woman's pleasure?
It is to please her man
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What does Sir Blackstone say about marriage?
Husband and wife are
one person
in law
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How does Gissing describe marriage for women?
As a form of
slavery
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What does Jo from "Little Women" recognize?
One
needs to live
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What does Judith Walkowitz say about women, especially prostitutes?
They
can
manipulate
men
with
sexuality
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Who coined the term 'New Woman' and when?
Sarah
Grand
in
1894
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What does Eleanor Marx say about the ideal relationship between men and women?
It requires love, respect, and equality
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What does the frontispiece of "The English Gentlewoman" express?
Conventional
ideal
of feminine behaviour
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What was the purpose of conduct books for women in the 17th to 18th century?
To instruct on
proper manners
and
behaviour
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What does Betty Friedan say about women in the Victorian era?
They saw themselves in
Nora
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What question does Betty Friedan raise about women's freedoms?
Do they want them to be
human
?
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What does Walter Houghton say about the ideal woman?
She was not expected to have a
mind
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What does Germaine Greer refer to as the "March of progress"?
Advancements in
women's rights
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What does Judith Butler mean by "gender is performative"?
Gender is expressed through
actions
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What does Susie Orbach say about women's bodies?
They are
policed
through a
patriarchal
lens
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What does Queen Victoria's diary say about her husband?
He is her husband, father, and
guide
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What does Anne Bronte say about honour in men?
It is more valuable than
wealth
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How does John Tosh define masculinity in the Victorian era?
Defined by
social status
and
economic power
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What does Simon Avery say about Victorian manhood?
It was often a performance dictated by
norms
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What are the main characteristics of Romanticism in literature?
Focus on
emotion
and
individualism
Celebration of
nature's beauty
Emphasis on
sublime
and
personal experience
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What does Samuel Coleridge say about imagination?
It is the prime agent of
perception
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What are the key features of Pre-Raphaelitism?
Return to detail
and
intense color
Complex compositions
Emphasis on beauty and art in literature
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What does the Feminism and New Woman movement advocate for?
Women's rights
and individuality
Challenging
traditional
gender roles
Promoting
independence
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What does Virginia Woolf say about women's historical representation?
Anonymous
was a woman
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What does Hawthorne say about the law in "The House of the Seven Gables"?
It is a
living
, breathing thing
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What does the system of coverture entail for married women?
They surrender legal existence upon marriage
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What did the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 enable?
Civil divorce
, limiting church's jurisdiction
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What did the Custody of Infants Act of 1839 allow?
Mothers
custody of children if father
unfit
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What did the Married Women's Property Act of 1882 achieve?
Overturned
coverture
, granting property rights
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What did the Penal Code of 1842 criminalize?
Assault and battery
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What did the Elementary Education Act of 1870 mandate?
Mandatory
education for
children
under 13
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What are the key details of "The Awakening Conscience" by William Hunt?
Depicts a mistress rising from a man's lap
Stares at the outside world
Originally painted in pain and
repentance
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What is the narrative of "Past and Present" by Augustus Egg?
Three paintings depict family fall after
infidelity
Husband dies, mother runs away, children left in prayer
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