Question

Please help fast, giving out 70 points

Read the excerpt from Eighty Years and More.
Which statement best describes the central idea of this excerpt?
A) Stanton first fought for gender equality when she discovered that she disagreed with her father.
B) Stanton destroyed her father’s law library because she did not agree with the laws.
C) Stanton attempted to cut laws out of her father’s books so he was unable to enforce them.
D) Stanton discovered inequality and began fighting for gender equality at a young age.

Answer 1

I think it's the answer D (Stanton discovered inequality and began fighting for gender equality at a young age)

Answer 2

Paragraph: With this constant [teasing] from students and the sad complaints of the women, my mind was sorely [confused]. So when, from time to time, my attention was called to these [horrible] laws, I would mark them with a pencil, and becoming more and more convinced of the necessity of taking some active measures against these unjust [laws], I resolved to seize the first opportunity, when alone in the office, to cut every one of them out of the books; supposing my father and his library were the beginning and the end of the law. Which statement best describes the central idea of this excerpt?

D) Stanton discovered inequality and began fighting for gender equality at a young age.

Take note of how he uses the words confused, horrible, and unjust to describe these laws! I hope this helps! :)