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How does Dix develop her line of reasoning in the introduction of her argument?

A
She states her general claim about women and introduces the first set of examples used to support this claim.
B
She provides some specific examples before offering the specific claim she seeks to support.
C
She begins with personal observations, then moves to secondhand data that validate her observations.
D
She defines what it means to be a woman and provides vivid details to illustrate her definition.
E
She describes her own personal experiences to establish her authority on the topic of women.
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This passage uses evidence to arrive at which of the following claims about women?

A
Women must act with grace and agility in difficult times.
B
Women are particularly savvy with finances and spending.
C
Women repeatedly prove that they are capable of tremendous feats.
D
Women tend to be artful at manipulating situations in their favor.
E
Women often serve as peacemakers in all areas of life.
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Which commentary best connects evidence to Dix’s claim about the importance of women as "household efficiency expert[s]?"

A
"A woman must be a soldier. . . . She must be a household efficiency expert."
B
"She must know how to cook. . . . She must know how to camouflage mutton stew into a ragout, and make a cake with one egg that will taste like angel’s food."
C
"She must be a seamstress who can take an old dress and twist and turn it until it looks like new, and convert last spring’s hat into a 1920 creation that even her dearest enemy will not recognize."
D
"She must be a thrift campaign and a savings bank, for on the woman who is at the head of a household depends whether the family shall go on to prosperity, or down to the poor house."
E
"No man can make headway against a wasteful and extravagant wife, for most men are wasteful and extravagant themselves, and depend upon their wives to keep the Yale lock on the little old family pocketbook."
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The writer suggests that soldiers are not any braver than mothers on the grounds that

A
women who raise children are not as appreciated as veterans.
B
women perform just as many arduous daily labors as men.
C
women have also demonstrated the ability to serve in military combat positions.
D
women face similar pain and danger when birthing and raising children.
E
women knowingly face danger every day of their lives.
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Why does the writer say that a woman "must be a thrift campaign and a savings bank"?

A
to illustrate her fluctuating beliefs about the different roles women are forced to play
B
to provide a supporting example for the claim that a woman must be a "household efficiency expert"
C
to emphasize the burdensome duties that women have become accustomed to fulfilling
D
to affirm the importance of placing women in the position of handling household finances
E
to establish a key distinction between the roles women must play within and outside the home
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This paragraph contributes to the reasoning of Dix’s argument primarily by

A
framing women’s domestic labor as being more demanding than but requiring similar skills as the labor of professional healthcare workers.
B
suggesting that the work of women with domestic roles and the work of healthcare workers is exactly the same.
C
providing an example of women’s domestic work that appeals to the authority of the healthcare profession.
D
demanding that women be paid for their domestic labor since professional healthcare workers are paid for similar work.
E
implying that women with domestic duties should collectively organize to address their interests.
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The final sentence of Dix’s essay serves primarily to

A
imply that Dix’s essay was truncated because its editors disapproved of its content.
B
imply that women perform many more roles than the essay has space to describe.
C
provide a call to action for women to collectively organize and protest.
D
provide a call to action for men to change their thinking about women’s roles.
E
imply that women’s suffrage is the only thing that will advance their interests.

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