Question

According to the author, the debate mentioned in the passage has special significance for the woman who is a theoretician of feminist literary criticism for which of the following reasons?

• A. There are large numbers of capable women working within the academic establishment.
• B. There are a few powerful feminist critics who have been recognized by the academic establishment.
• C. Like other critics, most women who are literary critics define criticism as either scientific or artistic.
• D. Women who are literary critics face professional risks different from those faced by men who are literary critics.

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Women who are literary critics face professional risks different from those faced by men who are literary critics.

Look at the following lines from the second paragraph -
Opening line “For the woman who is a practitioner of feminist literary criticism, the subjectivity versus objectivity, or critic-as-artist-or-scientist, debate has special significance”
Closing lines “Whereas men may be free to claim the role of critic-as-artist, women run different professional risks when they choose intuition and private experience as critical method and defense”
If we sum up these two lines, we find that (d) is the only correct answer.