Passage Map:
P1: Intro discussion on views held on the impact of suffrage movement in 1920s
P2: State scholars' view on the 1920s - period of decline for women's activism
P3: State author's view on 1920s - actually not a period of decline, but rather a period of activism
Q1 - Main Idea A - No. The passage is concerned with view on the overall movement of women, not whether activists/ reformers reached their goals. Incorrect.
B - No scholarship is presented. Different views are presented. Incorrect.
C - Recent scholarship is discussed (very lightly) in P1, which is contrasted by P2, and an alternate perspective of the actual strides made by women in the 1920s is given in P3. This is correct.
D - The author doesn't challenge the recent findings. The recent findings argue that actually women did make moves in the 1920s and did obtain some long-term goals.
E - The traditional view is that the feminist attempts weren't successful. In p3 the author clearly states they are. Incorrect
Q2 - Inference The new scholarship disputes the view that long-term political gains weren't made by the suffrage movement because a women's voting bloc did not materialise after women gained the right to vote.
The scholars also challenge the view that the women's vote (right to vote) would bring about moral, corruption-free governance.
The scholars argue that feminist movement lost cohesiveness in P2, that gender consciousness waned, and that after 1920s gender consciousness waned
The author, in P3, states achievements made by women, including the "right to hold office".
Whereas the author's opinion tend to infer that the activism didn't really wane - it was "intense".
There is some sort of gap here.
A. No, this is more between the old scholars and new scholars than between the author and new scholars.
B. No. The scholars disagree with the old view on this, but not with the author.
C. This is where the gap lies - the author tends to speak to a "intense" 1920s, whereas the scholars clearly state that activism declined.
D. No. Not supported.
E. No they didn't really disagree on this. The scholars argued against this as a metric for women's suffrage success in the 1920s.
Q3 - Inference P2 describes the other views held by the scholars. I described this above.
A - No. Not to suggest a reason. P2 states that the scholars viewed the 1920s as a period of decline and then goes onto explain why: because "few successes" could be claimed.
B - No. Similar to A.
C - P3 does this more.
D - Yes.
E - Jane asks "why don't you ask if suffrage in general is failing?". The text clearly states "after suffrage, they (the scholars) argue..."
Q4 - Inference "feminist scholars...challenge the old view that pronounced suffrage a failure for not delivering on promise that the women's vote would bring about moral, corruption-free governance" and are asked whether, in lieu of this, "suffrage was a failure". The scholars respond with a question from a reformer - "why don't you ask if it (suffrage) in general is failing?"
The question implies that suffrage in general isn't failing and that the success of suffrage shouldn't be assigned to one key goal - a moral, corruption-free governance.
A - No
B - No. What contradictions?
C - No. It is merely cited as a KPI for suffrage.
D - Runner up - the question is posed to put things in perspective in that suffrage wasn't a complete failure just because it didn't achieve one key goal. However this answer choice states "emphasise the place of social reform movements." Jane adams is cited for more holistic purposes.
E - The old view is concerned with the materialisation of the voting bloc as a key indicator of suffrages' success. The perspective of JA is given in response to a question asked of the scholars. They give this question to basically state that suffrage wasn't a complete failure just because it didn't meet one goal, suggesting that the view held by the counterparty (old view) is incorrect.
Q5 - Inference A. Yes. Author believes that feminists were success because they were intensely active.
B. No - nothing different on this.
C. No suggestions are made. Interpretations are made. Incorrect.
D. No... what?
E. No... what obstacles? The voting bloc is mentioned as a goal.
Q6 - Inference A. Yes.
B. No - the scholars clearly argue against this.
C. No. Where is this mentioned or inferred? Nowhere.
D. No they didn't. The promises were regarding women's bloc and we are told that women didn't meet this promise, but that they actually earnt the right to hold office etc.
E. The promises were of little importance -this part is true- but in "winning suffrage"? Suffrage was a movement. The promises are discussed in lieu of the success of the movement, and are talked about by the scholars as insignificant in lieu of everything else.