reality Ans In fiction women are wise and strong but in real life they were uneducated and weak What does the writer not feel sure of Ans She is unsure how Elizabethan women were educated or how they spent their days At what age were Elizabethan women usually married Ans They were married at about fifteen or sixteen What did an old bishop remark about women Ans He said no woman past or future could ever have Shakespeare s genius Why could a woman genius not be born in the Elizabethan age Ans Because women were uneducated forced to marry early and lacked freedom What does the author say about Shakespeare s state of mind Ans She says Shakespeare never revealed his feelings while writing his plays Why do mighty poets die in misery Ans Because the world remains indifferent to their greatness What were girls debarred from in that time Ans They were denied travel independence and freedom from family control What was Mr Oscar Browning s opinion about women Ans He said the best woman was mentally inferior to the worst man What did Mr Browning say about the stable boy Ans He called the boy a dear and high-minded lad What did Mr Greg say about women Ans He said women exist to depend on and serve men What did Lady Bessborough write to Lord Granville Ans She said women should not involve themselves in serious affairs What are modern girl students likely to say Ans They would say genius should ignore criticism and rise above opinions Why is genius doubly unfortunate Ans Because it is easily hurt by criticism yet must stay creative and free What is a miracle according to Woolf Ans Creating art despite all hardships is a true miracle What is literature strewn with Ans It is full of people destroyed by harsh criticism What is the name of Shakespeare s imaginary sister Ans Her name is Judith Shakespeare What does Virginia Woolf want to know from historians Ans She wants to know how women lived in Elizabethan England Which women does Woolf attack in the essay Ans She attacks the condition of women in the Elizabethan period How were women treated by men Ans They were treated cruelly locked up beaten and dominated What does that extraordinary literature refer to Ans It refers to the literature of the Elizabethan period What question does Woolf raise about the Elizabethan age Ans She asks why no woman wrote poetry or fiction then How did Mr Oscar evaluate women s intellect Ans He said the best woman was inferior to the worst man Why do mighty poets die in misery Ans Because the world is indifferent to their suffering What is feminism Ans Feminism is the belief in equal rights and treatment for women and men Who was Mr Oscar Browning Ans He was a Cambridge examiner for students of Girton and Newnham Colleges What does Woolf mean by spider s web Ans She means that fiction is delicate and deeply tied to life s reality What miracle does Woolf speak of Ans A woman producing art despite restrictions is a miracle Who is Judith Shakespeare Ans She is an imaginary sister of William Shakespeare symbolizing lost female genius What is the main message of Shakespeare s Sister Ans It shows that women lacked freedom and education which silenced their genius