Chapter Chronology

Quiz for Viewpoints 23.2: Women’s Role in Industrialized Europe

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1. With what question did Sarah Stickney Ellis suggest a “woman of right feelings” should begin the day?

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Correct: The answer is d. Ellis urged women to consider the problems and challenges facing their friends and family, and then decide how best they could use their time and energy.
Incorrect: The answer is d. Ellis urged women to consider the problems and challenges facing their friends and family, and then decide how best they could use their time and energy.
1. With what question did Sarah Stickney Ellis suggest a “woman of right feelings” should begin the day?

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2. In Ellis’s view, to which of these should a woman devote herself?

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Correct: The answer is c. Ellis painted a picture of the perfect woman as someone who put her husband’s and children’s needs before her own.
Incorrect: The answer is c. Ellis painted a picture of the perfect woman as someone who put her husband’s and children’s needs before her own.
2. In Ellis’s view, to which of these should a woman devote herself?

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3. Which of these did Ellis use to describe a wife and mother?

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Correct: The answer is a. With servants to do most of the housework and no job of her own, the middle-class wife and mother was, in Ellis’s view, the “least engaged” member of the family. As such, she had a duty to devote herself to the general good of the family as a whole.
Incorrect: The answer is a. With servants to do most of the housework and no job of her own, the middle-class wife and mother was, in Ellis’s view, the “least engaged” member of the family. As such, she had a duty to devote herself to the general good of the family as a whole.
3. Which of these did Ellis use to describe a wife and mother?

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4. According to Dr. Bluemner, which of these explained the lack of cleanliness in working-class households?

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Correct: The answer is d. Dr. Bluemner argued that the typical working-class mother had no time for housework and no money to devote to hygiene.
Incorrect: The answer is d. Dr. Bluemner argued that the typical working-class mother had no time for housework and no money to devote to hygiene.
4. According to Dr. Bluemner, which of these explained the lack of cleanliness in working-class households?

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5. How did Dr. Kalckstein explain overcrowding in working-class apartment buildings?

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Correct: The answer is b. Dr. Kalckstein argued that high rents forced the working classes to live in crowded, unsanitary conditions.
Incorrect: The answer is b. Dr. Kalckstein argued that high rents forced the working classes to live in crowded, unsanitary conditions.
5. How did Dr. Kalckstein explain overcrowding in working-class apartment buildings?