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Para 1- Arrom's -- improvement in women's status in mexico city; what it covers and what is misses
Para 2- what Arrom's does not discuss
1. The passage is primarily concerned with doing which of the following?(A) Reviewing a historical study of the status of women in Mexico City during the nineteenth century- Correct, Arrom's study of status of women in Mexico city is reviewed- what the study covers and what it does not
2. According to the author of the passage, Arrom’s study can be characterized as “an important addition to Latin American women’s history” (Highlighted) because it(D) addresses a period in Mexican history that scholars have to some extent neglected
However, this is not so much a weakness in her work as it is the inevitable result of scholars’ neglect of this period. Indeed, such gaps in Mexican history are precisely what make Arrom’s pioneering study an important addition to Latin American women’s history.
3. It can be inferred from the passage that Arrom would agree with which of the following assertions?(E) Scholars have in the past underestimated the number of households headed by females in Mexico City.
According to Arrom, households headed by females and instances of women working outside the home were much more common than scholars have estimated
4. Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude toward Arrom’s work?(A) Uncritical approval- incorrect, the author has some reservations
(B) Enthusiasm tempered by minor reservations- Correct
Mention of the fact that the civil codes of 1870 and 1884 significantly advanced women’s rights would have further strengthened Arrom’s argument.
Arrom does not discuss whether women’s improved status counteracted the effects on women of instability in the Mexican economy during the nineteenth century. However, this is not so much a weakness in her work as it is the inevitable result of scholars’ neglect of this period.
(C) Praise for her thesis, despite skepticism regarding the sources of her evidence- incorrect, there is no skepticism regarding the source of her evidence
(D) Reluctant acceptance, despite lingering doubts regarding the accuracy of her thesis- incorrect, there is no doubt regarding the accuracy of her thesis
(E) Rejection, despite admiration for her attempt to break new ground in a hitherto neglected field-- incorrect, the authors does not reject Arrom's work
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