MCQ on Professions for Women

 MCQ on Professions for Women

1. Who delivered the speech “Professions for Women”?

A) Jane Austen

B) Virginia Woolf ✅

C) George Eliot

D) Charlotte Brontë

2. The speech “Professions for Women” was delivered to which society?

A) Women’s Cooperative Society

B) Women’s Service League ✅

C) Women’s Literary Association

D) National Women’s Party

3. According to Woolf, what is the freest profession for women?

A) Medicine

B) Law

C) Literature ✅

D) Politics

4. The “Angel in the House” was originally from a poem by:

A) Coventry Patmore ✅

B) T.S. Eliot

C) Robert Browning

D) Alfred Tennyson

5. In Woolf’s metaphor, the “Angel in the House” represents:

A) A literal ghost

B) An idealized Victorian woman ✅

C) A rival writer

D) A mentor

6. How did Woolf describe her first professional experience?

A) Fighting with publishers

B) Killing the Angel in the House ✅

C) Writing her first novel

D) Joining the Women’s League

7. What was the Angel’s primary advice to Woolf?

A) Be concise

B) Be charming and sympathetic ✅

C) Be critical

D) Avoid writing fiction

8. According to the Angel, a woman must never show:

A) Love

B) Hatred or selfishness ✅

C) Humor

D) Curiosity

9. Woolf compared killing the Angel to:

A) Solving a mystery

B) Fighting a phantom ✅

C) Climbing a mountain

D) Running a race

10. Woolf’s second difficulty as a writer was:

A) Earning money

B) Telling the truth about her own body ✅

C) Getting published

D) Understanding Greek grammar

11. Woolf believed no woman had yet fully succeeded in:

A) Writing poetry

B) Telling the truth about bodily experiences ✅

C) Becoming a doctor

D) Leading a political movement

12. Which habit did Woolf say was more deeply rooted in women than in men?

A) Daydreaming

B) Lying ✅

C) Talking

D) Reading novels

13. The first challenge Woolf claimed to have solved was:

A) Overcoming financial struggles

B) Killing the Angel in the House ✅

C) Publishing her first article

D) Learning Greek grammar

14. The Angel in the House encouraged women to:

A) Avoid criticism of men ✅

B) Travel extensively

C) Write about politics

D) Ignore domestic duties

15. Woolf described literature as:

A) Competitive and hostile

B) The freest profession for women ✅

C) Easy and rewarding

D) Reserved for the elite

16. The second challenge remained unsolved because:

A) It was physically dangerous

B) Social constraints discouraged truth-telling ✅

C) She lost interest

D) Men controlled publishing

17. Woolf advised women to fight obstacles by:

A) Ignoring them

B) Defining and discussing them ✅

C) Complaining to men

D) Writing anonymously

18. She compared professional obstacles to:

A) Rivers

B) Phantoms ✅

C) Locked doors

D) Storms

19. The new professions Woolf referred to were:

A) Only artistic fields

B) Law, medicine, civil service ✅

C) Politics and religion

D) Domestic work

20. Woolf emphasized that women must decide:

A) How to furnish their own room ✅

B) How to please men

C) Which novels to read

D) When to retire

21. Woolf referred to the “room” as a symbol of:

A) Freedom and independence ✅

B) Marriage

C) Privacy only for men

D) A physical office

22. Woolf said women could now pay rent because:

A) They received inheritance

B) They earned £500 a year ✅

C) Men gave them money

D) They shared houses

23. According to Woolf, the freedom women had was:

A) The final victory

B) Only a beginning ✅

C) Unnecessary

D) Guaranteed forever

24. Woolf’s questions about sharing the room included:

A) With whom and on what terms ✅

B) How much rent is due

C) What color to paint

D) Whether to sell it

25. For the first time in history, women could:

A) Run for political office

B) Decide their own professional goals ✅

C) Avoid all work

D) Live alone without judgment

26. Woolf encouraged questioning:

A) The government’s policies

B) The aims and purposes of women’s work ✅

C) Marriage laws only

D) Literary criticism methods

27. Woolf ended the speech by saying:

A) Her time was up ✅

B) She had more to write

C) She was tired of speaking

D) The Angel was still alive

28. Which theme is central to the speech?

A) Political independence

B) Professional and creative freedom for women ✅

C) Romantic love

D) Religious reform

29. Woolf’s “Angel in the House” metaphor is an example of:

A) Satire

B) Allegory ✅

C) Hyperbole

D) Simile

30. The overall tone of the speech is:

A) Bitter

B) Inspirational and persuasive ✅

C) Humorous

D) Scientific

31. Woolf claims that “killing the Angel” was:

A) Easy and quick

B) An occupation requiring courage ✅

C) A task she avoided

D) Only a metaphor for marriage

32. The Angel’s influence was dangerous because:

A) It prevented honest writing ✅

B) It stopped women from reading

C) It demanded financial sacrifice

D) It criticized politics

33. Woolf wrote her first article for:

A) The Times

B) The Guardian

C) The Telegraph

D) The Times Literary Supplement ✅

34. The Angel encouraged Woolf to write in a way that would:

A) Please men ✅

B) Shock readers

C) Criticize society

D) Ignore feelings

35. Woolf says she killed the Angel by:

A) Taking up painting

B) Act of determination and courage ✅

C) Ignoring her writing

D) Getting married

36. The Angel was “pure” and “self-sacrificing,” meaning:

A) She put others before herself ✅

B) She valued her own needs

C) She was selfish in love

D) She disliked charity

37. Woolf warns that the Angel is:

A) A real person

B) A phantom living in women’s minds ✅

C) A political leader

D) An imaginary friend for men

38. Telling the truth about bodily experiences was difficult because:

A) Censorship existed ✅

B) Men refused to listen

C) Women were illiterate

D) Printing was expensive

39. Woolf says women have been trained for centuries to:

A) Hide their true feelings ✅

B) Speak publicly

C) Write political essays

D) Earn large incomes

40. The phrase “my own room” comes from:

A) Her novel

B) Her essay A Room of One’s Own ✅

C) A newspaper article

D) A diary entry

41. In Woolf’s time, £500 a year symbolized:

A) Extreme wealth

B) Basic financial independence ✅

C) Charity money

D) Household budget

42. Woolf claims the freedom to earn is:

A) More important than education

B) Only the start of independence ✅

C) Not necessary for women

D) Already complete

43. She asks women to think about:

A) How to use their professional freedom ✅

B) How to marry well

C) Which books to publish

D) How to protest in parliament

44. Woolf compares the old male-dominated house to:

A) A prison

B) A house women can now enter ✅

C) A ship

D) A garden

45. Woolf believes discussing obstacles helps to:

A) End male dominance

B) Share the work of overcoming them ✅

C) Make women angry

D) Reduce competition

46. She describes literature as freer than:

A) Science ✅

B) Painting

C) Farming

D) Housekeeping

47. Woolf says the position of women in her time is:

A) Unimportant

B) Historically unique ✅

C) Worse than before

D) Exactly the same as men’s

48. Woolf’s call to action is primarily for:

A) Women in her audience ✅

B) Men in politics

C) Future historians

D) Journalists

49. The Angel’s main rule was to:

A) Hide personal opinions if they upset men ✅

B) Work in silence

C) Publish anonymously

D) Write for children

50. Woolf’s description of her struggles is:

A) Purely fictional

B) Based on her own experience ✅

C) Based on a friend’s story

D) Taken from history books

51. Woolf’s tone when speaking of killing the Angel is:

A) Lightly humorous but determined ✅

B) Angry and bitter

C) Fearful

D) Casual and indifferent

52. The Angel in the House praised:

A) Self-denial ✅

B) Outspokenness

C) Ambition

D) Political activism

53. The “phantoms” Woolf speaks of are:

A) Social prejudices and inner fears ✅

B) Ghost stories in literature

C) Memories of war

D) Superstitions about marriage

54. Woolf says obstacles are:

A) Difficult to define ✅

B) Easy to measure

C) Obvious and visible

D) Rare in professional life

55. Woolf’s metaphorical “battle” refers to:

A) The fight against social expectations ✅

B) World War I

C) Domestic disputes

D) Political elections

56. Woolf invites women to:

A) Choose their own aims and purposes ✅

B) Follow traditional roles

C) Focus only on literature

D) Avoid challenging men

57. The Angel’s qualities would have been admired in:

A) Victorian society ✅

B) Ancient Greece

C) Medieval Europe

D) Modern America

58. Woolf warns that the Angel is:

A) Still present in women’s minds ✅

B) Completely gone from society

C) A male invention only in history

D) Harmless in modern life

59. Woolf ends her speech because:

A) Her time is up ✅

B) She lost her notes

C) She became emotional

D) The audience left

60. The speech is an example of:

A) Persuasive autobiographical essay ✅

B) Scientific paper

C) Political manifesto

D) Religious sermon

61. Woolf’s battle with the Angel took place:

A) In her home and mind ✅

B) In a public debate

C) In a courtroom

D) In the library

62. Woolf suggests that every woman writer of her time:

A) Had to kill the Angel ✅

B) Ignored the Angel

C) Worshipped the Angel

D) Used the Angel as inspiration

63. The Angel discouraged:

A) Criticism of men ✅

B) Romantic love

C) Poetry writing

D) Financial success

64. Woolf claims that killing the Angel allowed her to:

A) Write honestly ✅

B) Publish faster

C) Earn more money

D) Win awards

65. Woolf’s second challenge was left unsolved because:

A) No one had yet overcome it ✅

B) Men refused to publish her work

C) She lacked time

D) It was illegal to write about the body

66. Woolf says women must think of “how to furnish the room” meaning:

A) How to use their independence ✅

B) How to decorate their houses

C) How to earn more money

D) How to rent a better place

67. The £500 Woolf refers to was earned from:

A) Writing ✅

B) Teaching

C) Marriage settlement

D) Inheritance only

68. Woolf warns that with freedom comes:

A) Responsibility ✅

B) Complete leisure

C) Political power instantly

D) Public criticism only

69. The speech “Professions for Women” was adapted from:

A) An earlier essay ✅

B) A novel

C) A newspaper article

D) A diary entry

70. The Angel is a symbol for:

A) Patriarchal expectations ✅

B) A personal friend

C) Literary inspiration

D) Family heritage

71. Woolf’s method of fighting the Angel involved:

A) Self-awareness ✅

B) Violence

C) Ignoring writing

D) Moving to another country

72. The Angel’s charm was dangerous because:

A) It tempted women to self-censor ✅

B) It was politically influential

C) It led to financial loss

D) It made writing boring

73. Woolf says phantoms are:

A) Hidden enemies of freedom ✅

B) Imaginary creatures in books

C) Figures from history

D) Friendly guides

74. The “house” women could now enter symbolized:

A) The world of professions ✅

B) Marriage life

C) Academic study only

D) Domestic service

75. Woolf insists women must decide:

A) The purpose of their lives ✅

B) Which books to read

C) Who to marry

D) How to avoid criticism

76. Woolf’s account of killing the Angel was partly:

A) Humorous ✅

B) Sarcastic only

C) Tragic

D) Formal and cold

77. The Angel promoted which writing style?

A) Sweet, charming, self-sacrificing ✅

B) Bold and critical

C) Realistic and harsh

D) Satirical and ironic

78. Woolf links the Angel to:

A) Centuries of women’s oppression ✅

B) Her mother only

C) Greek myths

D) Religious stories

79. The Angel urged Woolf to:

A) Please everyone ✅

B) Ignore public opinion

C) Avoid romantic topics

D) Study politics

80. The second difficulty was related to:

A) Sexuality and truth ✅

B) Earning money

C) Grammar rules

D) Family expectations

81. Woolf admits that telling the truth about the body was:

A) More difficult than killing the Angel ✅

B) Easier than earning money

C) Impossible for men

D) Unimportant

82. Woolf’s first profession was:

A) Writing ✅

B) Teaching

C) Editing newspapers

D) Public speaking

83. The Angel’s moral code reflected:

A) Victorian ideals ✅

B) Modern feminism

C) Ancient Greek democracy

D) Romanticism

84. Woolf says killing the Angel was necessary for:

A) Creative honesty ✅

B) Political fame

C) Academic research

D) Social acceptance

85. The phantoms Woolf mentions are compared to:

A) Obstacles invisible yet powerful ✅

B) Locked doors

C) Heavy stones

D) Thick walls

86. Woolf suggests that freedom is:

A) Both external and internal ✅

B) Only economic

C) Purely political

D) Irrelevant to art

87. Woolf’s use of personal anecdote makes the speech:

A) Relatable and persuasive ✅

B) Fictional and misleading

C) Dull and repetitive

D) Overly formal

88. The Angel’s qualities were considered ideal in:

A) The domestic sphere ✅

B) Political activism

C) Academic careers

D) Industrial labor

89. Woolf’s second difficulty remained because:

A) Social taboos silenced women ✅

B) Writing was dangerous

C) Printing was expensive

D) Men stopped reading

90. Woolf ends with a call for women to:

A) Define their own aims ✅

B) Reject all traditions

C) Copy men’s careers exactly

D) Avoid professional life

ঠিক আছে — এবার আমি Part 4 – MCQ (91–150) বানাচ্ছি, যাতে পুরো 150 প্রশ্নের সেট সম্পূর্ণ হয়।

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Part 4 – MCQ (91–150)

91. The Angel represented:

A) Selfless womanhood ✅

B) Political leadership

C) Artistic rebellion

D) Modern independence

92. Woolf says killing the Angel was a:

A) Necessary sacrifice ✅

B) Regrettable act

C) Waste of time

D) Mistake

93. The Angel opposed:

A) Truthful writing ✅

B) Poetry about nature

C) Satire on politics

D) Fiction in general

94. Woolf’s anecdote serves to:

A) Illustrate the hidden battles women face ✅

B) Entertain with ghost stories

C) Promote her novels

D) Show her dislike of journalism

95. The Angel believed women should:

A) Always agree with men ✅

B) Challenge male ideas

C) Avoid domestic duties

D) Write boldly

96. The “phantoms” are mostly:

A) Psychological barriers ✅

B) Physical enemies

C) Natural disasters

D) Historical events

97. Woolf links freedom with:

A) Responsibility to choose goals ✅

B) Guaranteed happiness

C) Avoiding all work

D) Copying men’s roles

98. Woolf was speaking to:

A) The National Society for Women’s Service ✅

B) A political parliament

C) University students only

D) Newspaper editors

99. The Angel encouraged:

A) Self-sacrifice ✅

B) Artistic risk-taking

C) Political activism

D) Financial ambition

100. Woolf killed the Angel to:

A) Write without self-censorship ✅

B) End Victorian literature

C) Start a new religion

D) Please her editors

101. The Angel’s presence in the room symbolized:

A) Internalized societal norms ✅

B) A literal ghost haunting Woolf

C) A visitor from history

D) A mentor figure

102. Woolf claims women now have:

A) A room of their own ✅

B) Total political power

C) Freedom from criticism

D) Equality in all fields

103. The Angel’s qualities were:

A) Purity, charm, selflessness ✅

B) Intelligence, power, wealth

C) Humor, boldness, courage

D) Strictness, logic, order

104. Woolf describes the Angel as:

A) Beautiful and sympathetic ✅

B) Ugly and frightening

C) Angry and loud

D) Silent and invisible

105. Woolf had to kill the Angel:

A) Every time she sat down to write ✅

B) Only once in her career

C) When asked by others

D) At the end of her life

106. The “battle” in Woolf’s speech is:

A) Figurative ✅

B) Literal

C) Historical war

D) Legal dispute

107. Woolf says phantoms can be:

A) Hard to recognize ✅

B) Physically dangerous

C) Easily destroyed

D) Government agents

108. The Angel’s voice urged her to:

A) Avoid offending men ✅

B) Speak boldly

C) Write satire

D) Challenge conventions

109. Woolf’s tone mixes:

A) Humor and seriousness ✅

B) Anger and hatred

C) Pity and sadness

D) Confusion and fear

110. The Angel’s influence is compared to:

A) A silent censorship ✅

B) A public debate

C) A friendly mentor

D) A physical wall

111. Woolf tells her audience to be aware of:

A) Invisible social pressures ✅

B) Political campaigns

C) Economic inflation

D) Literary fashions

112. The Angel represented ideals from:

A) The Victorian era ✅

B) Ancient Rome

C) Renaissance Italy

D) The Industrial Revolution

113. Woolf notes that telling the truth about the body was:

A) Taboo ✅

B) Encouraged

C) Uninteresting

D) Over-discussed

114. Woolf’s second difficulty is linked to:

A) Sexual and physical experiences ✅

B) Education

C) Political voting rights

D) Marriage laws

115. Woolf calls for:

A) Women to define their own professional aims ✅

B) A ban on male literature

C) Government censorship

D) Return to Victorian values

116. Woolf views economic independence as:

A) The beginning, not the end ✅

B) The only goal

C) Unnecessary

D) Overrated

117. Woolf says that professional women should:

A) Reflect on their purposes ✅

B) Follow male paths exactly

C) Avoid writing

D) Focus only on family

118. Woolf’s speech blends:

A) Autobiography and social critique ✅

B) Fiction and poetry

C) Scientific data and history

D) Law and politics

119. The Angel’s moral law was:

A) Please men, ignore self ✅

B) Challenge authority

C) Speak boldly

D) Avoid domestic duties

120. Woolf insists that killing the Angel was:

A) Vital for creativity ✅

B) Unnecessary for men

C) Easy for all women

D) Impossible to achieve

121. Woolf says women must be free from:

A) Both external and internal oppression ✅

B) Only workplace discrimination

C) Only family control

D) Only economic limits

122. The Angel’s charm lay in:

A) Being lovable and admired ✅

B) Being feared

C) Being intelligent only

D) Being wealthy

123. Woolf implies that freedom without purpose is:

A) Wasted ✅

B) Dangerous

C) Harmless

D) Political

124. The Angel is a metaphor for:

A) Self-policing of women’s behavior ✅

B) Religious belief

C) Motherhood itself

D) Literary style

125. Woolf’s tone towards her audience is:

A) Encouraging ✅

B) Condescending

C) Hostile

D) Passive

126. The Angel’s code of conduct discouraged:

A) Conflict ✅

B) Cooperation

C) Friendship

D) Education

127. Woolf treats the Angel as:

A) An enemy to be defeated ✅

B) A teacher

C) A role model

D) A harmless figure

128. The Angel’s biggest weapon was:

A) Emotional pressure ✅

B) Physical force

C) Political power

D) Public speeches

129. Woolf’s speech suggests that:

A) Progress has been made, but work remains ✅

B) Equality is complete

C) Nothing has changed

D) Women should stop working

130. The Angel demanded:

A) Silence on controversial topics ✅

B) Debate on politics

C) Writing about the body

D) Scientific precision

131. Woolf calls for women to:

A) Set personal and collective goals ✅

B) Avoid all male professions

C) Work only in literature

D) Support Victorian ideals

132. Woolf uses her story as:

A) A symbol for all women writers ✅

B) A literal autobiography

C) A fictional short story

D) A humorous sketch only

133. Woolf’s “phantoms” also include:

A) Prejudices inherited from history ✅

B) Modern freedoms

C) Political rights

D) Physical dangers

134. Woolf suggests professional women must fight:

A) Inner and outer constraints ✅

B) Men in politics

C) Only workplace sexism

D) Poverty alone

135. The Angel is linked to the phrase:

A) The Angel in the House ✅

B) The Lady of Shalott

C) A Room of One’s Own

D) Women and Fiction

136. Woolf’s metaphor of “furnishing the room” means:

A) Giving purpose to independence ✅

B) Decorating a house

C) Buying bookshelves

D) Renting a flat

137. Woolf says women now have access to:

A) Professional fields ✅

B) All political offices instantly

C) Unlimited wealth

D) Marriage rights only

138. Woolf’s warning is that:

A) Invisible barriers still exist ✅

B) Men will block women entirely

C) Equality will come automatically

D) Professions are easy

139. Woolf’s style in the speech is:

A) Conversational and vivid ✅

B) Formal and detached

C) Poetic and abstract

D) Aggressive and angry

140. The Angel is “killed” when:

A) Women reject self-censorship ✅

B) Women avoid men

C) Women marry late

D) Women write poetry only

141. Woolf’s advice is relevant because:

A) Social pressures can outlast legal change ✅

B) Women have equal pay

C) Men no longer dominate

D) Literature is no longer censored

142. The Angel made women:

A) Avoid offending anyone ✅

B) Speak boldly

C) Be political

D) Fight in public

143. Woolf’s personal battle is symbolic of:

A) Many women’s struggles ✅

B) One historical event

C) A fictional character

D) A ghost story

144. The Angel’s role in literature was:

A) To promote idealized womanhood ✅

B) To challenge men

C) To hide talent

D) To criticize patriarchy

145. Woolf implies that equality requires:

A) Both opportunity and self-liberation ✅

B) Only equal pay

C) Only education

D) Only political votes

146. Woolf warns women to:

A) Recognize and resist internalized ideals ✅

B) Ignore politics

C) Focus on family only

D) Avoid male professions

147. Woolf’s audience in 1931 consisted mainly of:

A) Professional women ✅

B) Politicians

C) Male journalists

D) Students

148. The Angel’s influence could:

A) Limit creativity ✅

B) Encourage boldness

C) Inspire protest

D) Promote equality

149. Woolf’s final message is:

A) Freedom must be used wisely ✅

B) Men should lead professions

C) Literature is the only career for women

D) Women should avoid risk

150. Woolf’s speech remains important today because:

A) Internal and external obstacles to equality still exist ✅

B) All battles are over

C) Literature has replaced politics

D) The Angel is now a positive role model