Read the passage from a room of one’s own.

for surely it is time that the effect of discouragement upon the mind of the artist should be measured, as i have seen a dairy company measure the effect of ordinary milk and grade a milk upon the body of the rat. they set two rats in cages side by side, and of the two one was furtive, timid and small, and the other was glossy, bold and big. now what food do we feed women as artists upon? i asked, remembering, i suppose, that dinner of prunes and custard.

what perspective is supported by woolf’s word choices in the underlined sentence?

that women artists are treated like caged rats

that women artists become fearful in captivity

that women artists are often held back by their own creative instincts

that women artists do not receive the encouragement they need to succeed

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was outlawed in 1919 by theeighteenth amendment. prohibition, as it was called, achieved a number of good results. it lowered the average consumption of alcohol. 4rrests for drunkenness fell sharply. the rate of alcoholism was reduced. if the prohibitionists had been willing to legalize beer and wine, the experiment might have worked. instead, by insisting on a totally “dry” society, they drove thousands of ordinary people to break the law. 1. during prohibition, alcohol was not available. 2. during prohibition, many usually law-abiding people drank illegally. 3. the prohibitionists opposed the use of any form of alcoholic beverage. 4. the prohibitionists were tolerant of moderate social drinking.