Reading comprehension Home Exercise- 18 PASSAGE D

 A pioneer leader for women’s rights. Susan B. Anthony became one of the leading women reformers of the nineteenth century. In Rochester, New York, she began her first public crusade on behalf of temperance. The temperance movement dealt with the abuses of women and children who suffered from alcoholic husbands. Also she worked tirelessly against slavery and for women’s rights. Anthony helped write the history of woman suffrage,

At the time Anthony lived, women did not have the right to vote. Because she voted in the 1872 election, a U.S. Marshall arrested Anthony. She hoped to prove that women had the legal right to vote under the provisions of the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the constitution. At her trial, a hostile federal judge found her guilty and fined her $ 100, which she refused to pay.

Anthony did not work alone. She collaborated with reformers of women’s rights such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Amelia Bloomer worked for the American Anti- Slavery Society with Frederick Douglas, a fugitive slave and black abolitionist. On July 2, 1979, the U.S. Mint honoured her work by issuing the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin. Although Anthony did not live to see the fruits of her efforts, the establishment of the nineteenth amendment is indebted to her efforts.  

14.   What is the main idea of the passage?

A.      Reformers do not always see the results of their efforts.

B.      Susan B Anthony never gave up her fight for all people’s freedoms

C.      Slavery was one of Susan B. Anthony’s causes

D.       Anthony did not condone the use of alcohol

15.   Antony advocated all of the following EXCEPT

A.      Slavery should be abolished

B.      Alcohol should be prohibited because of the abuse it causes

C.      Women are citizens and should have the right to vote

D.      Employers should provided child care for female employees

16.    An effective reformer is

A.      A person who has the support of family and friends

B.      An activist who can enlist the help of others to promote a cause

C.      A person who is knowledgeable about a particular cause

D.      A person who ignores what others think

17.   The underlined word crusade in paragraph 1 most nearly means

A.      A war against the infidels in the Middle Ages

B.      A quest to fight evil

C.      A battle against authority

D.      A campaign to work tirelessly for one’s beliefs

18.   What would historians say was Susan Anthony’s greatest achievement?

A.      She collaborated with abolitionists to rid the country of slavery

B.      She was an activist and raised a family at the same time

C.      Her tireless efforts to guarantee women the right to vote led to the establishment of the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution

D.      She was a leader in the temperance movement.

19.   In which of the following ways did the U.S. Mint honour her life’s work?

A.      The Susan B Anthony stamp was issued.

B.      The Susan B Anthony dollar was created.

C.      The Susan B Anthony Memorial park was built in Rochester.

D.      Susan B Anthony dolls were created.

Answer:

14.   B   Although all choices are true statements only b states the main idea.

15.   D statement a, b and c appear in the passage; the statement does not.

16.   B the passage only gives evidence that supports this answer.

17.   D  This is the best definition that describes Anthony’s efforts.

18.   C   Although each statement is true, her greatest and lasting achievement was that her efforts led to the establishment of the nineteenth amendment.

19.   B   this is the only choice that the passage supports.