Which sentence best expresses the central argument of this passage from the Anti-Slavery Bugle version of Sojourner Truth's speech, "Ain't I a Woman?"I am a woman's rights. I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I have heard much about the sexes being equal. I can carry as much as any man, and can eat as much too, if I can get it. I am as strong as any man that is now. As for intellect, all I can say is, if a woman have a pint and a man a quart — why can't she have her little pint full? You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, for we can't take more than our pint will hold.3A.Women are as strong and as smart as men.B.Women deserve the same rights as men.C.Women can do as much work as men.D.Women should have more rights than men.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man when I could get it and bear the lash as well!Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I A Woman?"This passage helps to establish Sojourner Truth's credibility by showing that she:A.hates having to work so hard for such a small sum of money.B.was often punished for bad behavior as a slave.C.has struggled as both a slave and a woman.D.believes women are not able to work as hard as men.

Click to read "Ain't I a Woman?" by Sojourner Truth. Then answer the question.Which of the following best states the central idea of this speech?A.Women and enslaved people are very different.B.Women should be given the best places everywhere.C.Women and men have too many differences.D.Women should have the same rights as men.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

According to feminist literary theory, all of the following quotes help reinforce traditional gender roles EXCEPTElimination ToolSelect one answerA"I shall do so,But I must also feel it as a man.I cannot but remember such things wereThat were most precious to me." (4.3.260-263)B"Wisdom? To leave his wife, to leave his babes,His mansion and his titles in a placeFrom whence himself does fly?" (4.2.8-10)C"Or be alive againAnd dare me to the desert with thy sword.If trembling I inhabit then, protest meThe baby of a girl. " (3.4.125-128)D"Make thick my blood.Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse,That no compunctious visitings of natureShake my fell purpose, nor keep peace betweenTh’ effect and it." (1.5.50-54)

“I read with interest the recent article in your newspaper entitled ‘Should a Woman Demand All the Rights of a Man?’ In my view, to answer that question correctly, we first need to examine the roles of men and women in civilization—especially modern civilization—because what may have been true in ancient times no longer applies in our present situation.Modern civilization has moved beyond the condition of the past because society is no longer characterized by roughness and reliance on physical power. Victory no longer goes to him who was the strongest, the best able to endure hardship, or committed the most atrocities.By contrast, the basis of our modern civilization is good upbringing and the refinement of morals through the development of literary knowledge, courtesy, and compassion for the oppressed, all of which women are better at. So all our doctors and scientists who exalt man’s strong muscles, his wide skull, his long arm-to-body ratio and the like, miss the point entirely. Those physical facts, while undeniable, no longer grant man preference over woman in modern civilization.”Letter from an anonymous female reader to the Egyptian journal Al-Hilal, 1894QuestionWhich of the following groups in late-nineteenth-century Egypt would have been most likely to support the author’s view in the third paragraph about the status of women in “modern civilization” ?ResponsesMuslim religious scholarsMuslim religious scholarsRural peasantsRural peasantsThe urban middle classThe urban middle classThe landed aristocracy

“I read with interest the recent article in your newspaper entitled ‘Should a Woman Demand All the Rights of a Man?’ In my view, to answer that question correctly, we first need to examine the roles of men and women in civilization—especially modern civilization—because what may have been true in ancient times no longer applies in our present situation.Modern civilization has moved beyond the condition of the past because society is no longer characterized by roughness and reliance on physical power. Victory no longer goes to him who was the strongest, the best able to endure hardship, or committed the most atrocities.By contrast, the basis of our modern civilization is good upbringing and the refinement of morals through the development of literary knowledge, courtesy, and compassion for the oppressed, all of which women are better at. So all our doctors and scientists who exalt man’s strong muscles, his wide skull, his long arm-to-body ratio and the like, miss the point entirely. Those physical facts, while undeniable, no longer grant man preference over woman in modern civilization.”Letter from an anonymous female reader to the Egyptian journal Al-Hilal, 1894QuestionThe letter’s reference in the third paragraph to the claims of “our doctors and scientists” is best understood in the context of which of the following late nineteenth-century processes?ResponsesPhysical differences between genders and racial groups were used to justify the denial of rights to women and non-Europeans.Physical differences between genders and racial groups were used to justify the denial of rights to women and non-Europeans.The achievements of medieval Muslim science became known in the West, stimulating new interest in biology and medicine.The achievements of medieval Muslim science became known in the West, stimulating new interest in biology and medicine.Bourgeois ideas of cultural and literary refinement became prevalent in many parts of the world.Bourgeois ideas of cultural and literary refinement became prevalent in many parts of the world.The scientific method stressing experimentation and the collection of empirical evidence was discovered and first used.