Cause and Effect in Wheels of Change, Part 4 — Quiz
Question 3 • Literature and Composition I
Read the excerpt from Chapter 3 of Wheels of Change . In 1881, as women in the United States continued to struggle with hoops and corsets and other fashion architecture, their counterparts in England formed the Rational Dress Society. This society called for more reasonable clothing solutions, including limiting the weight of a woman's undergarments to seven pounds. Why was the Rational Dress Society formed?
Answer
A
to encourage English women to dress differently than American women
B
to push for more beautiful, intricate styles of clothing for women
C
to advocate for more functional cycling and athletic gear for women
D
to promote safer, more comfortable styles of dress for women
Explanation
The excerpt says the Rational Dress Society called for “more reasonable clothing solutions” and wanted to limit the weight of women’s undergarments. That goal points to promoting safer, more comfortable styles of dress. The society was not formed to make clothing more intricate or simply to distinguish English women’s fashion from American women’s.
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