Questions Refer to the Passage Below

question 7

Multiple Choice

Questions refer to the passage below.
Lecture on Industrialization and Women's Freedom in Egypt, Cairo, 1909
"Men say when we become educated we shall push them out of work and abandon the role for which God created us. But isn't it rather men who have pushed women out of work? Before, women used to spin and to weave cloth for clothes for themselves and their children, but men invented machines for spinning and weaving and put women out of work. . . . Since male inventors and workers have taken away a lot of our work should we waste our time in idleness or seek other work to occupy us? Of course, we should do the latter. . . . Obviously, I am not urging women to neglect their home and children to go out and become lawyers or judges or railway engineers. But if any of us wish to work in such professions our personal freedom should not be infringed."
Bahithat al-Badiya, an educated, upper-class Egyptian woman, speaking to a female audience
-Which of the following is an accurate summary of the claim in this passage?

• A) If women become educated, they will leave the home and fail in the duties God has assigned them.
• B) Women should study to become lawyers, judges, and engineers.
• C) The industrialization of cloth production has helped women become more productive.
• D) Male inventors have taken away women's traditional work, so women should be allowed to enter fields previously held only by men.

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