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Who wrote the following statement: "When you asked me to speak about women and fiction I sat down on the banks of a river and began to wonder what the words meant" ?

Correct answer: C. Virginia Woolf

  • A. Amy Lowell
  • B. Gertrude Stein
  • C. Virginia Woolf
  • D. Alice Walker

Explanation

The statement comes from Virginia Woolf’s extended reflection on women, writing, and material independence in A Room of One’s Own. The reference to speaking about “women and fiction” is a key clue to Woolf’s essay.

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