Reading Comprehension Quiz (Judy Brady, “I Want a Wife”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Judy Brady, “I Want a Wife”

Read “I Want a Wife” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question 8.33 Why might Brady have capitalized the word “Wife” in the second sentence?

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Question 8.34 Describe the tone of this essay.

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Question 8.35 In suggesting that she would like a “wife,” what is Brady saying about women during this time period?

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Question 8.36 In writing this piece, Brady focuses on the expected behaviors of the wife in the marriage relationship. Why does she not focus also on the role of the husband?

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Question 8.37 What are we to infer about Brady’s attitudes regarding the roles of husbands and wives?

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Question 8.38 A rhetorical strategy that Brady employs in this article is

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Question 8.39 Why does Brady indicate, in paragraph 1, that she is a mother?

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Question 8.40 This article was reprinted in MS. magazine in 1990. What does this indicate about the status of women from the first publication?

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