Reading Comprehension

PT159 · S4 · P1 · Q5 Condorcet And Gouges

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In France in the early 1790s, the French Revolution, which sought to establish universal individual rights in French society, inspired several arguments for women's rights.

Your task

Pin down exactly what the question asks about the passage — a detail, the author's view, the structure, or the main point — before looking at the choices.

Common trap

Answers that restate a true detail from the passage but don't answer the specific question being asked.

Winning move

Anticipate the answer in your own words from the passage, then find the choice that matches that prediction.

Based on the passage, Gouges would most likely have held that aiming to attain equality in marriage would not be a promising initial strategy for achieving overall equality for women because of her view that

the achievement of equal rights
Trap
5% picked this
society is unlikely to accept
Trap
4% picked this
marriage is inherently unequal if
Trap
14% picked this
Correct
equal political power is a
Why this is right
Answer D is correct.
Skill tested: Non-Author Opinion · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.
73% picked this
women's rights are a special
Trap
3% picked this

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