Test 1 I am a woman

In life 47, "it" refers to

"my serious style" (line 42)

Which of the following is the most direct antithesis to the "weak-minded woman"?

The speaker

The speaker's rhetorical strategies in the passage include all of the following EXCEPT

appeals to authority

In the third paragraph, the speaker's primary purpose is to

assert her own qualifications

In line 19, "clumsiness" refers to the

confusion caused by failing to give readers fundamental information

The "arrow" in line 38 is a metaphorical reference to

criticism from men

In line 20, the speaker uses :christened" to mean

identified properly

As used in line 46, "wanting" is best interpreted to mean

lacking

The "dyspeptic alderman" is present as an illustration of

restrained behavior that is not driven by moral compunctions

The speaker's point in the first sentence of the third paragraph (lines 40 - 42) is that

she could easily disguise the fact that she is a female writer

The passage focuses primarily on the

speaker's pride in being a female and a writer

In the second paragraph, the speaker characterizes herself as being

undaunted in the face of prejudice