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- 1. Multiple Choice
The author, Susan Chira, is a graduate of
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
- 2. Multiple Choice
The genre of "The 'Manly' Jobs Problem" is
expository essay
newspaper article
excerpt from a book
scholarly journal
- 3. Multiple Choice
Chira's thesis appears
in the first three paragraphs
at the end of the article
in the 5th paragraph
- 4. Multiple Choice
Chira quotes Alice Kessler-Harris, a professor emerita of history at Columbia University, in order to
introduce an important study on the topic
increase the credibility of her claim
refute a counterargument
- 5. Multiple Choice
Chira brings in examples of jobs such as nurses and secretaries in order to
provide examples of feminine jobs
contrast these jobs with more "manly" jobs
show that society's biases have changed over time
- 6. Multiple Choice
During World War II, women were encouraged to cut and weld sheet metal.
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
The quote "there are some worries that many of the prescribed remedies...could fall short" is an example of
Chria's argument
a counterargument to Chira's claim
a rebuttal to an opposing position
- 8. Multiple Choice
Chira ends the article with a quote by Kessler-Harris stating, "What we're seeing now is an attack on male power and the possibility at least of change" in order to
imply the purpose of her article
imply that women should attack men
imply that change will be immediate
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