Question

The author of the passage would be most likely to describe the explanation provided by the human capital theory for the high concentration of women in certain occupations in the seventeenth-century Florentine textile industry as

• A. well founded though incomplete
• B. difficult to articulate
• C. plausible but poorly substantiated
• D. seriously flawed
• E. contrary to recent research

Answer 1

The correct option is A well founded though incomplete

The author agrees with all of the presumptions made, but makes a point in the second paragraph that, more points need to be added. Hence option (a) is the answer.