Question

The author of the passage mentions the observations of women historians (lines $15-17$) most probably in order to _______.

• A. provide support for an assertion made in the preceding sentence (lines $10-12$)
• B. raise a question that is answered in the last sentence of the passage (lines $27-32$)
• C. introduce an opinion that challenges a statement made in the first sentence of the passage
• D. offer an alternative view to the one attributed in the passage to working-class mothers
• E. point out a contradiction inherent inthe traditional view of child labor reform as it is presented in the passage

Answer 1

The correct option is A provide support for an assertion made in the preceding sentence (lines $10-12$)

In lines $10-12$, the author asserts that child labor laws pitted women of different classes against one another. The view of the middle-class women reformers is stated, and then, to show that working-class mothers did not hold the same opinion, the author turns to the recent work of women historians to support this statement.

A Correct. The author uses the recent work of women historians to support the statement that women of different social classes were pitted against one another.

B The women historians have recently observed; the verb observed introduces a statement rather than a question.

C The reference to women historians has to do with working-class mothers; it does not challenge women's activism and role in social reform.

D The passage supports what the women historians say about working-class mothers.

E The author does not define or present the traditional view of child labor reform, nor is any inherent contradiction pointed out.

The correct answer is A.