In mid-February 1917 a women’s movement independent of political

1. The author explicitly mentions this near (30). He says the commitment was brief, meaning that it only lasted a short time.

3. A is incorrect because the author mentions how the New York Socialist Party used the women to further their own goals. This can be seen in (25). B is incorrect because the author never mentions any opposing viewpoints. C is incorrect because the author never mentions any other perspectives. D is incorrect because the author never goes into any detail about the Party's history. The author simply mentions that they were a power.

I hope that helps

fantastic passage. Tricked on the first one
Again this is an official passge
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The author suggests which of the following about the New York Socialists’ commitment to the costof- living movement?
A. It lasted for a relatively short period of time.
>> By POE.
B. It was stronger than their commitment to the Suffrage struggle.
C. It predated the cost-of-living protests that Erupted in 1917.
D. It coincided with their attempts to bring more Women into union organizing.
E. It explained the popularity of the Socialist party in New York City.

It can be inferred from the passage that the goal of the boycotting women was the
A. achievement of an immediate economic outcome
>> Again by POE.
B. development of a more socialistic society
C. concentration of widespread consumer protests on the more narrow issue of food prices
D. development of one among a number of different approaches that the women wished to employ in combating the high cost of living.
E. attraction of more public interest to issues that the women and the New York Socialists considered important.

Which of the following best states the function of the passage as a whole?
A. To contrast the views held by the Socialist party and by the boycotting women of New York City on the cost-of-living issue
B. To analyze the assumptions underlying opposing viewpoints within the New York Socialist party of 1917
C. To provide a historical perspective on different approaches to the resolution of the cost-ofliving issue.
D. To chronicle the sequence of events that led to the New York Socialist party’s emergence as a political power
E. To analyze the motivations behind the Socialist party’s involvement in the women’s suffrage movement

According to the passage ,most New York Socialists believed which of the following about the cost-of-living movement?
A. It was primarily a way to interest women in joining the Socialist party.
B. It was an expedient that was useful only insofar as it furthered other goals.
>> between (30) to (50)
C. It would indirectly result in an increase in the number of women who belonged to labor unions.
D. It required a long-term commitment but Inevitably represented a direct step Toward socialism.
E. It served as an effective complement to union organizing

The following are some of my thoughts. Hope that helps.

1 .The author suggests which of the following about New York Socialists' commitment to the cost-of-living movement?

As per (D) It coincided with their attempts to bring more women into union organizing.
=> In no line attempts to bring more women into union organizing is mentioned.

From the passage: "Underneath the Socialists’ brief commitment to cost of-living organizing lay a basic indifference to the issue
itself".
A. It lasted for a relatively short period of time => "brief commitment" meaning is expressed in option (A). So (A) is correct.

3.Which of the following best states the function of the passage as a whole?

A. To contrast the views hold by the Socialist party and the boycotting women in the cost-of-living issue.
=> This option is too narrow, because the contrary is only mentioned in the 3rd paragraph.

There is still a bigger picture regarding main idea of the passage. And the main point is correctly expressed in option (E), as mentioned in the ending of the 2nd paragraph.
(E) To analyze the motivations behind the socialist party's involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

Hi, I understand your process of elimination for question 1. But, can you please explain why option A is correct for question 1? I eliminated the option A because I found nothing mentioned in the passage regarding 'relatively short period of time'. And I guess for question 3 OA is E not A.

As mentioned from the passage: "Underneath the Socialists’ brief commitment to cost of-living organizing lay a basic indifference to the issue
itself".

Just read option (A) and you can see that (A) matches with brief commitment.
(brief = short)

3.Which of the following best states the function of the passage as a whole?

A. To contrast the views hold by the Socialist party and the boycotting women in the cost-of-living issue.

B. To analyze the assumption underlying opposing viewpoints with the NY socialist party of 1917

C. To provide a historical perspective on different approaches to the resolution of cost-of-living issue.

D. To chronicle the sequence of events that lead to the NY socialist party's emergency as a political power.

E. To analyze the motivations behind the socialist party's involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

Could an expert please help me understand Q3?
OA given E, the scope of which seems little narrow.
while Suffrage is mentioned briefly, E completely ignores "a women’s movement independent of political affiliation" aspect of the passage.

in the 3rd para, it mentions,

"Although New York’s Socialists saw the cost-of-living issue as, at best, secondary or tertiary to the real task at hand, the boycotters, by sharp contrast, joined the price protest movement out of an urgent and deeply felt commitment to the cost-of-living issue. A shared experience of swiftly declining living standards caused by rising food prices drove these women to protest.'

This part s more in line with A.

An input is greatly appreciated

Cheers
RzS

Hi GMATNinja,

I still have problems with Q3 regarding the function of the passage.
I chose A.
My problem with E is to do with the term "suffrage movement". As has been mentioned in the passage that women boycotted goods, it would be alright to go with "boycott movement". But the term "suffrage movement" doesn't really sound relevant to the passage. The term "suffrage" has only been mentioned once in the passage.
I usually face problems with particularly these types of questions in dense passages. Can you suggest anything that would help?

Can somebody explain why in Q4 E is incorrect?
In the passage it states:
While some Socialists did view price protests as a direct step toward socialism, most Socialists ultimately sought to divert the cost-of-living movement into alternative channels of protest. Union organizing, they argued, was the best method through which to combat the high cost of living.

Doesn't that mean they thought it was a good complement to Union organization? I don't see understand how "furthering goals" as mentioned in option B is correct?

Oops, the original OA was a typo (which has since been fixed), and I apologize for defending it! The passage certainly does "analyze the motivations behind the socialist party's involvement in the women's suffrage movement." However, this does not represent the "function of the passage as a whole" (see, even the experts can get lazy and misread a question!). The correct answer for question #3 is (A): "To contrast the views held by the Socialist party and the boycotting women in the cost-of-living issue."

To reach this answer, let's break down the passage by paragraph:

• Paragraph 1: Introduces a "women’s movement independent of political affiliation" to boycott food items and protest against a high cost of living.
• Paragraph 2: Examines why the Socialist Party "seized the opportunity" to join in on these protests. In effect, the Socialist Party wanted to use these protests as stepping stones toward the larger goal of moving the US society closer to socialism.
• Paragraph 3: Contrasts the motivations of Socialists to those of the women involved in the protests. While the women "saw cheaper food as a valuable end in itself," the Socialists "saw the cost-of-living issue as, at best, secondary or tertiary to the real task at hand."

From this analysis, it is clear that both the views of the women protesters and those of the Socialist Party are important to the passage, and that the passage's primary purpose is to contrast these two views. This is reflected in answer choice (A):

(A) is the correct answer for question #3.

I hope that helps!

The OA to Q3 is indeed A, not E (E was initially listed as the OA, but that was a typo). Check out this post for an explanation.

Sorry for the confusion!

For Q2, not able to understand why option 3 is incorrect - since the idea was to concentrate on food prices and not on overall economic outcome?

1. The author suggests which of the following about New York Socialists' commitment to the cost-of-living movement?
From this: Underneath the Socialists’ brief commitment to cost-of-living organizing lay a basic indifference to the issue itself.
(A) It lasted for a relatively short period of time
--> Underneath the Socialists’ brief commitment to cost-of-living organizing lay a basic indifference to the issue itself.
(B) It was stronger than their commitment to the suffrage struggle.
--> Nowhere in the passage compares commitment to the cost-of-living movement with commitment to the suffrage struggle. The only sentence mentioned about suffrage is of Socialists, not the author.
(C) It predated the cost-of-living protest that erupted in 1917.
--> No it happened after the protest. Look at this: seized the opportunity and quickly organized an extensive series of cost-of-living protests designed to direct the women’s movement toward Socialist goals.
(D) It coincided with their attempts to bring more women into union organizing.
--> Nowhere mentioned.
(E) It explained the popularity of the Socialist party in NYC.
--> Nowhere mentioned.

2. It can be inferred from the passage that the goal of the boycotting women was the

From this: boycotters, by sharp contrast, joined the price protest movement out of an urgent and deeply felt commitment to the cost-of-living issue.

(A) achievement of an immediate economic outcome

--> by sharp contrast, boycotters joined the price protest movement out of an urgent and deeply felt commitment to the cost-of-living issue.

(B) development of a more socialistic society

--> Nowhere mentioned.

(C) concentration of a widespread consumer protest on the more narrow issue of food prices.

--> Wrong

(D) development of one among a number of different approaches that the women wished to employ in combating the high cost of price.

--> Wrong
(E) attraction of more public interest to issues that the women and the socialist considered important.
--> Wrong

3.Which of the following best states the function of the passage as a whole?
Paragraph 1: Introduce about woman’s movement
Paragraph 2: Views by Socialists about cost-of-living issues.
Paragraph 3: Views by boycotting women about cost-of-living issues.


(A) To contrast the views held by the Socialist party and the boycotting women in the cost-of-living issue.
--> Correct


(B) To analyze the assumption underlying opposing viewpoints with the NY socialist party of 1917

--> Opposing viewpoints with the NY socialist party of 1917 only happened in 2nd paragraph, not the whole paragraph.

(C) To provide a historical perspective on different approaches to the resolution of cost-of-living issue.

--> It’s not about historical perspective.

(D) To chronicle the sequence of events that lead to the NY socialist party's emergency as a political power.
--> No sequence of events here.


(E) To analyze the motivations behind the socialist party's involvement in the women's suffrage movement.
--> Details in 2nd paragraph.

4. According to the passage, most New York Socialists believed which of the following about the cost-of-living movement?
From this: most Socialists ultimately sought to divert the cost-of-living movement into alternative channels of protest. 


(A) It was primarily a way to interest women in joining the Socialist Party.
--> Nowhere mentioned.


(B) It was an expedient that was useful only insofar as it furthered other goals.

--> It was an alternative channel to achieve other goals.

(C) It would indirectly result in an increase in the number of women who belonged to labor unions.

--> Nowhere mentioned.

(D) It required a long-term commitment but inevitably represented a direct step toward socialism.

--> Nowhere mentioned.

(E) It served as an effective complement to union organizing.
--> Nowhere mentioned.

Hi Experts,

I have a question on Q1.

Although it's undeniable that A is correct, why D is incorrect?

D suggests that "New York Socialists' commitment to the cost-of-living movement" coincided (occur at the same time) with the attempts to bring more women into union organizing; this statement is suggested by the information in the passage as followed:

New York Socialists seized the opportunity and quickly organized an extensive series of cost-of-living protests designed to direct the women???s movement toward Socialist goals.
Doesn't it mean that the two actions occur at the same time?


And in Q4, why A is incorrect?
According to the passage, it is stated that

..., most Socialists ultimately sought to divert the cost-of-living movement into alternative channels of protest

I think this part of the expression is that it is a main strategy to achieve a goal of attracting women into joining the Socialist Party.



Please help.
Thank you.

Hi ballest127,

Question 1


D is incorrect for Question 1 as its not mentioned in the passage. Lines: "New York Socialists, whose customary spheres of struggle were electoral work and trade union organizing, seized the opportunity and quickly organized an extensive series of cost-of-living protests designed to direct the women’s movement toward Socialist goals.", don't imply that New York Socialists seized the opportunity to bring more women into union organizing.


Question 4

A is incorrect as can be inferred from the lines:"Most Socialists ultimately sought to divert the cost-of-living movement into alternative channels of protest. For others, cost-of-living organizing was valuable insofar as it led women into the struggle for suffrage, and similarly, the suffrage struggle was valuable insofar as it moved United States society one step closer to socialism.". Implication being that though many socialists sought to divert the cost-of-living movement into alternative channels of protest, women joining the Socialist Party was not the primary interest of any socialist. Thus B is a better answer.


Hope This Helps.
Thanks.

For Q#2, can someone explain his/her thought process on how to eliminate option C. It looks dangerously close to the correct answer.

hi GMATNinja and @VERITASPREP ,
could you explain question 2 here. Why option D is wrong.