Question

Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own.

Currer Bell, George Eliot, George Sand, all the victims of inner strife as their writings prove, sought ineffectively to veil themselves by using the name of a man. Thus they did homage to the convention, which if not implanted by the other sex was liberally encouraged by them (the chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of man), that publicity in women is detestable. Anonymity runs in their blood. The desire to be veiled still possesses them. They are not even now as concerned about the health of their fame as men are, and, speaking generally, will pass a tombstone or a signpost without feeling an irresistible desire to cut their names on it as Alf, Bert or Chas. must do in obedience to their instinct. . . .

. . . Write? What's the good of your writing? Here the psychologists of Newnham and Girton might come to our help, I thought, looking again at the blank spaces on the shelves.

Which phrases or sentences best build the ideas about why women often choose to remain unknown? Select two options.

“Anonymity runs in their blood. The desire to be veiled still possesses them.”
“They are not even now as concerned about the health of their fame as men are.”
“They . . . will pass a tombstone or a signpost without feeling an irresistible desire to cut their names on it.”
“. . . as Alf, Bert or Chas. must do in obedience to their instinct.”
“Here the psychologists of Newnham and Girton might come to our help.”

Answer 1

The answer is A and C

Answer 2

“Anonymity runs in their blood. The desire to be veiled still possesses them.”

“They . . . will pass a tombstone or a signpost without feeling an irresistible desire to cut their names on it.”

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the passage from A Room of One’s Own, it is narrated that quite a number of female writers tried to veil themselves by using male aliases which underlined how much women choose to remain unknown when compared to men.

The narrator cites that Anonymity runs in their blood as they still desire to be veiled and they would pass a tombstone without the urge to cut their names on it.