How Did the Literary Culture of Late Ming and Early

question 10

Multiple Choice

How did the literary culture of late Ming and early Qing China affect elite women's lives?

• A) Elite women's success as writers, readers, and editors encouraged them to assume a wider range of social roles.
• B) Elite women read about the lives of poor women and developed a new sense of female solidarity that crossed class boundaries.
• C) Elite women were generally able to participate as writers, readers, and editors, despite increasing constraints on their lives.
• D) Elite women were not encouraged to participate in literary culture, but the most popular books had strong female characters.

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