Question

Reread lines 25-33. The author has two purposes in this section. Identify what they are and cite evidence to support your answer.

On August 1, 1911, Quimby, who was described as a “real
beauty” with “haunting blue-green eyes,” strolled off the field
after passing her pilot’s test easily. To the male reporters who
inundated her with questions, Quimby fired back answers
with self-confidence. Walking past a group of women who had
come to witness the historic event, Quimby was overheard to
quip with a smile and a wink: “Flying is easier than voting.”
(The Woman’s Suffrage Amendment wasn’t passed until
1920.)

Answer 1

The purposes the author has in this section are:

First: portraying Quimby's social critique to voting and its bureaucratic problems:

Quimby was overheard to quip with a smile and a wink: “Flying is easier than voting.”

Second: Distintuiguishing Quimby's sympathy for women and apathy for men:

Walking past a group of women who had come to witness the historic event, Quimby was overheard to quip with a smile and a wink.

To the male reporters who inundated her with questions, Quimby fired back answers with self-confidence.

Step-by-step explanation:

The reasons behind the answer are that at the first pace we can observe with detail that Quimby is communicating her problem with voting to qualify it more difficult than flying a very difficult airplane. Also, that she rejects men and treats them with despise while she is very gentle and empathic with women.