Question 51. What does the passage

Question 51. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A.The “great women” approach to history used by American historians

B. The role of literature in early American histories

C. The place of American women in written histories

D. The keen sense of history shown by American women



Question 52. The word “contemporary” in line 5 means that the history was…

A.thoughtful B. faultfinding C. informative D. written at that time



Question 53. In the first paragraph, Bradstreet, Warren, and Adams are mentioned to show that…

A. even the contributions of outstanding women were ignored.

B. poetry produced by women was more readily accepted than other writing by women.

C. a woman’s status was changed by marriage.

D. only three women were able to get their writing published.



Question 54. The word “celebratory” in line 11 means that the writings referred to were…

A. related to parties B. serious C. full of praise D. religious



Question 55. It can be inferred from the passage that during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries….

A. women had right to vote and could take seats of power.

B. women’s contribution to the society was not highly appreciated.

C. women had a great influence on the politics, literature and history.

D. both male and female writers had no writing about women.



Question 56. In the second paragraph, what weakness in nineteenth-century histories does the author point out?

A. The sources of the information they were based on were not necessarily accurate.

B. They were printed on poor-quality paper.

C. They put too much emphasis on daily activities

D. They left out discussion of the influence of money on politics.



Question 57. On the basis of information in the third paragraph, which of the following would most likely have been collected by nineteenth-century feminist organizations?

A. Biographies of John Adams

B. Books about famous graduates of the country’s first college

C. Newspaper accounts of presidential election results

D. Letters from a mother to a daughter advising her how to handle a family problem



Question 58. What use was made of the nineteenth-century women’s history materials in the Schlesinger Library and the Sophia Smith Collection?

A. They were combined and published in a multivolume encyclopedia

B. They provided valuable information for twentieth-century historical researchers.

C. They were shared among women’s colleges throughout the United States.

D. They formed the basis of college courses in the nineteenth century.



Question 59. In the last paragraph, the author mentions all of the following as possible roles of nineteenth-century “great women” EXCEPT …

A. politicians B. authors C. reformers D. activists for women’s rights



Question 60. The word “representative” in line 24 is closest in meaning to…

A. supportive B. distinctive C. typical D. satisfied