Question

The author of the passage suggests that Krontiris incorrectly assumes that _________________

• A. Social differences among Renaissance women are less important than the fact that they were women.
• B. Literacy among Renaissance women was more prevalent than most scholars today acknowledge.
• C. During the Renaissance, women were able to successfully oppose cultural stereotypes relating to gender.
• D. Renaissance women did not face many difficult social obstacles relating to their gender.
• E. In order to attain power, Renaissance women attacked basic assumptions in the ideologies that oppressed them.

Answer 1

The correct option is A Social differences among Renaissance women are less important than the fact that they were women.

According to the tthird sentence of the second para, Tina Krontiris assumes that social differences are unrelated when it comes to studying women. She does this by conflating "women" and "women writers." Thus, A is the correct answer.

Other options are incorrect.