"The 'Manly' Jobs Problem"

The author, Susan Chira, is a graduate of

• Harvard

• Yale

• Princeton

• Stanford

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The genre of "The 'Manly' Jobs Problem" is

• expository essay

• newspaper article

• excerpt from a book

• scholarly journal

Chira's thesis appears

• in the first three paragraphs

• at the end of the article

• in the 5th paragraph

Chira quotes Alice Kessler-Harris, a professor emerita of history at Columbia University, in order to

• introduce an important study on the topic

• increase the credibility of her claim

• refute a counterargument

Chira brings in examples of jobs such as nurses and secretaries in order to

• provide examples of feminine jobs

• contrast these jobs with more "manly" jobs

• show that society's biases have changed over time

During World War II, women were encouraged to cut and weld sheet metal.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The quote "there are some worries that many of the prescribed remedies...could fall short" is an example of

• Chria's argument

• a counterargument to Chira's claim

• a rebuttal to an opposing position

Chira ends the article with a quote by Kessler-Harris stating, "What we're seeing now is an attack on male power and the possibility at least of change" in order to

• imply the purpose of her article

• imply that women should attack men

• imply that change will be immediate