Brady's I Want A Wife

The rhetorical effect of the opening sentence, "I belong to that classification of people known as wives" is to: 

• A. Give her authority as a speaker. 
• B. Provide background information. 
• C. Categorize the average woman. 
• D. Address the feminist point of view. 

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What is the central conflict within this essay? 

• A. There is no conflict. 
• B. Woman versus man. 
• C. Women versus herself. 
• D. Woman versus society. 

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The author uses all of the following rhetorical strategies in the essay EXCEPT: 

• A. Irony. 
• B. Repetition. 
• C. Metaphor. 
• D. Hyperbole. 

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What is the purpose of the line that reads: "If, by chance, I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have, I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one." 

• A. To show that the husband holds all the power. 
• B. To point out the absurdity of the essay. 
• C. To show that the wife is irreplaceable. 
• E. To revel the unimportance of a wife. 

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What is the author's purpose in writing this essay? 

• A. To explain marriage. 
• B. To capture the independence of her moral values. 
• C. To point out the unrealistic expectations placed on wives.
• D. To illustrate the woman's point of view. 

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All of the following words could be used to describe the author EXCEPT: 

• A. Logical. 
• B. Demanding. 
• C. Sarcastic. 
• D. Exaggerating. 

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The word "rambling" as it is used in the sentence, "I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife's duties," can most likely be defined as: 

• A. Gossiping. 
• B. Wandering. 
• C. Rushing. 
• D. Quiet. 

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In this sentence, to what does “it” refer? “It may mean a small cut in my wife’s income from time to time, but I guess I can tolerate that.” 

• A. Her inability to work for long hours. 
• B. Her tolerance of her husband's needs. 
• C. The wife's sacrifice to the family. 
• D. Her willingness to provide for the family. 

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The passage is best described as a:    

• A. Narrative
• B. Cause and effect. 
• C. Compare and contrast. 
• D. Definition. 

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What is the function of the second paragraph? 

• A. The start of the author's layering of examples. 
• B. To introduce her claim. 
• C. To recognize her work ethic. 
• D. To display the hardships in her friend's life. 

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