Question

she had the quickest fancy, a gift like her brothers, for the tune of words. like him, she had a taste for the theatre. she stood at the stage door; she wanted to act, she said. men laughed in her face. the manager—a fat, loose - lipped man—guffawed. he bellowed something about poodles dancing and women acting—no woman, he said, could possibly be an actress. he hinted—you can imagine what. she could get no training in her craft. could she even seek her dinner in a tavern or roam the streets at midnight? yet her genius was for fiction and lusted to feed abundantly upon the lives of men and women.
—a room of ones own,
virginia woolf
how does the writer use text structure to develop the central idea of inequality?
○ by presenting the girl’s problem and how she solves the dilemma
○ by making a comparison between the girl and her brother
○ by repeating emotionally charged questions that are not meant to be answered
○ by overstating the actions of the theatre manager

Explanation:

To determine how the writer uses text structure to develop the central idea of inequality, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: The text does not show the girl solving her dilemma (she can't get training, faces rejection), so this is incorrect.
• Option 2: The girl and her brother are compared (both have a gift for words, taste for theatre), but she faces inequality (rejected from acting, can't train) while her brother likely doesn't (implied by the contrast). This comparison highlights the inequality.
• Option 3: There are no repeated emotionally charged questions; the question asked is a single rhetorical one, so this is incorrect.
• Option 4: The theatre manager's actions are described realistically (laughing, guffawing, making a sexist statement), not overstated, so this is incorrect.

Answer:

A. by presenting the girl’s problem and how she solves the dilemma (Incorrect, as explained)
B. by making a comparison between the girl and her brother (Correct, as the comparison highlights the inequality she faces)
C. by repeating emotionally charged questions that are not meant to be answered (Incorrect, as explained)
D. by overstating the actions of the theatre manager (Incorrect, as explained)

(Note: The correct option is B. by making a comparison between the girl and her brother)