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