<p>someone please explain</p>
<p>Use POE and u will quickly realize that A is the only that is the CORRECT answer.</p>
<p>but i dont really understand the sentence they are in or what they are referring to in context... can u please explain it</p>
<p>I did not know how in-depth an answer you were looking for, so I wrote out the whole process that I go through in my head when I come to a question I cannot immediately find the answer to.
Lines 18-21 read:
gentility. But unlike a man, whose self-worth rose through his economic exertions, a woman who did likewise risked opprobrium for her self and possibly shame for those around her. Inequality in the working world made it exceedingly
Because there is only one complete sentence within these lines, you can almost always get rid of all the words that are not a part of this sentence. Now we have:
But unlike a man, whose self-worth rose through his economic exertions, a woman who did likewise risked opprobrium for her self and possibly shame for those around her.
This effectively means that while mens self-worth goes up as they become more involved in economic activities, the opposite is true for women. In fact, they often bring shame [opprobrium] on themselves and their friends and family by doing so. To make this into one simple sentence: Among the Victorian middle-class (since this is who the passage is talking about) it was proper only for men, not women, to participate in economic activities.
Now that we are sure that we fully understand the sentence, we can move on to the question.
Lines 18-22 suggest that for Victorian middle-class women, self worth and economic exertions were thought to be
A. mutually exclusive
B. constantly evolving
C. the two keys to success
D. essential to finding a husband
E. easy to achieve
First look at A. mutually exclusive, which means it is impossible to have both, looks like a likely possibility. B, constantly evolving, does not make since, since the sentence in question does not mention that self worth or economic exertions change significantly over time. Letter C, the two keys to success sounds possible. After all, you may feel that success is impossible without self-worth and economic exertions. However, the question asks specifically about middle-class Victorian women. The referenced sentence stated that it was shameful for women to be involved in economics. Therefore, C cannot be the correct answer. D cannot be correct, because the sentence does not mention marriage or finding husbands. Even had marriage been discussed, participating in behavior that was considered shameful would not be essential to finding a husband. E cannot be correct because the difficulty or ease of achieving self worth and economic exertions is not discussed in the sentence.</p>
<p>Oh my gosh! I just read over my post and I sound like a living, breathing version of a test prep book! Somebody help me; I think I feel my skin turning to blue cardstock! :D</p>
<p>o now i understand thanks so much ... for some reason i thought mutually exclusive meant synonymous... i dont know why</p>
<p>Sure! I'm glad I could help!</p>
<p>Shadowofanenigma... you do really well on the CR sections don't you?</p>
<p>What's your strategy for tackling these questions?</p>