What does the phrase "country club muckety mucks" (Paragraph 9) convey about the author's view of the people who created dress codes banning shorts?A. She views them as snobbish.B. She views them as cooperative.C. She views them as insignificant.D. She views them as sophisticated.

Nothing, it seemed, upset people more than women in shorts. Starting in the late 1920s, shorts became the much-contested replacement for bloomers, the puffy-legged, bifurcated3 garment worn under long skirts. Women who did wear athletic garb were supposed to keep out of the public eye because it was deemed unfeminine and, yes, immodest.

What was the impact of muckrakers' stories in the early twentieth century?To promote the interests of corporate capitalism against the labor movementTo arouse the middle class against the evils of corrupt governments and big businessTo promote demands for radical socialist reformTo increase immigrants' awareness of government corruption

Select the correct text in the passage.A writer is using the following text to write a paper about men’s fashion:adapted excerpt from House Decorationby Oscar WildeAnd how shall men dress? Men say that they do not particularly care how they dress, and this it is little matter. I am bound to reply that I agree: I can observe that you do not give much thought to your fashion. In all my journeys through the country, the only well-dressed men that I saw — and in saying this, I truthfully do mean to criticize the trendy men of Fifth Avenue — were the Western miners. Their wide-brimmed hats, which shaded their faces from the sun and protected them from the rain, and their cloaks, which are the most beautiful pieces of drapery ever invented, are worthy of being admired. Their high boots, too, were sensible and practical. They wore only what was comfortable, and therefore beautiful.Which sentence in the writer’s paper should the writer revise to include an in-text citation?Men’s fashion isn’t discussed as often as women’s fashion is, but perhaps it should be. Most men wear simple outfits consisting of basic pants and shirts. However, there are actually many options available to men, despite the fact that they might not be familiar with certain historical and contemporary fashions. In fact, the nineteenth-century Western miners’ exquisite cloaks, large hats, and practical boots are excellent examples of high-quality men’s fashion.

Read the following excerpt from Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave:We were not regularly allowanced. Our food was coarse corn-meal boiled. This was called mush. It was put into a large wooden tray or trough, and set down upon the ground. The children were then called, like so many pigs, and like so many pigs they would come and devour the mush.How does the objective style of this excerpt add power to the story?A.It focuses on facts about mush without including Douglass's own opinion of it.B.It uses a simile that refers to the children as "pigs" to avoid sentimentality.C.It uses strong imagery to describe mush in order to appeal to the reader's senses.D.It understates the qualities of mush so that Douglass appears unbiased.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read this excerpt from My Antonia. The country girls were considered a menace to the social order. Their beauty shone out too boldly against a conventional background. But anxious mothers need have felt no alarm. They mistook the mettle of their sons. The respect for respectability was stronger than any desire in Black Hawk youth. How does this passage support the theme "following social rules leads people to avoid risk”? The country girls learn the American ways of life through their contacts with the Black Hawk men and their mothers. The country girls are portrayed as vibrant and beautiful, while the Black Hawk men are portrayed as conventional and afraid of risks. The country girls are portrayed as dangerous, which is why the men and their mothers are afraid of them. The Black Hawk men learn to take risks and go against convention by meeting the country girls.