Answer and explanation for question 32.
Question 33.
The central claim of the passage is that
A. educated women face a decision about how to engage with existing institutions.
B. women can have positions of influence in English society only if they give up some of their traditional roles.
C. the male monopoly on power in English society has had grave and continuing effects.
D. the entry of educated women into positions of power traditionally held by men will transform those positions.
Answer and explanation for question 33.
Question 34.
Woolf uses the word “we” throughout the passage mainly to
A. reflect the growing friendliness among a group of people.
B. advance the need for candor among a group of people.
C. establish a sense of solidarity among a group of people.
D. reinforce the need for respect among a group of people.
Answer and explanation for question 34.
Question 35.
According to the passage, Woolf chooses the setting of the bridge because it
A. is conducive to a mood of fanciful reflection.
B. provides a good view of the procession of the sons of educated men.
C. is within sight of historic episodes to which she alludes.
D. is symbolic of the legacy of past and present sons of educated men.
Answer and explanation for question 35.
Question 36.
Woolf indicates that the procession she describes in the passage
A. has come to have more practical influence in recent years.
B. has become a celebrated feature of English public life.
C. includes all of the richest and most powerful men in England.
D. has become less exclusionary in its membership in recent years.
Answer and explanation for question 36.
Question 37.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to question 36?
A. “There they go, our brothers who have been educated at public schools and universities, mounting those steps, passing in and out of those doors, ascending those pulpits, preaching, teaching, administering justice, practising medicine, transacting business, making money.”
B. “It is a solemn sight always—a procession, like a caravanserai crossing a desert”
C. “For there, trapesing along at the tail end of the procession, we go ourselves.”
D. “We too can leave the house, can mount those steps, pass in and out of those doors, . . . make money, administer justice. . . . We who now agitate these humble pens may in another century or two speak from a pulpit.”
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Answer and explanation for question 37.
Question 38.
Woolf characterizes the questions in sentences 17 through 19 of paragraph 2 (“For we have to ask ourselves, here and now, do we wish to join that procession, or don’t we? On what terms shall we join that procession? Above all, where is it leading us, the procession of educated men?”) as both
A. controversial and threatening.
B. weighty and unanswerable.
C. momentous and pressing.
D. provocative and mysterious.
Answer and explanation for question 38.
Question 39.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to question 38?
A. “We are here, on the bridge, to ask ourselves certain questions.”
B. “And they are very important questions; and we have very little time in which to answer them.”
C. “The moment is short”
D. “That excuse shall not serve you, Madam.”
Answer and explanation for question 39.
Question 40.
Which choice most closely captures the meaning of the figurative “sixpence” referred to in sentence 25 and sentence 26 of paragraph 2?
A. Tolerance
B. Knowledge
C. Opportunity
D. Perspective
Answer and explanation for question 40.
Question 41.
The range of places and occasions listed in sentence 28 of paragraph 2 (“Let us think in offices; in omnibuses; while we are standing in the crowd watching Coronations and Lord Mayor’s Shows; let us think . . . in the gallery of the House of Commons; in the Law Courts; let us think at baptisms and marriages and funerals.”) mainly serves to emphasize how
A. novel the challenge faced by women is.
B. pervasive the need for critical reflection is.
C. complex the political and social issues of the day are.
D. enjoyable the career possibilities for women are.
Answer and explanation for question 41.
Answers and explanations for questions 32 through 41 are provided in the next section of this document. You may skip directly to the beginning of the next passage if you do not want to review answers and explanations now.
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