1. Which of the following best expresses the main point of the passage?
A. Pinchbeck's theories remain little-known because orthodox historians have dismissed and in some cases refuted them.
B. Pinchbeck concluded that certain aspects of women's lives improved with Britain's transition from a preindustrial to an industrial economy.
C. Pinchbeck's research has been repudiated by historians because it did not produce clear conclusions about women's participation in the workforce.
D. Pinchbeck's work, unlike that of other historians, suggested that the effects of industrialization on women were complex.
E. Pinchbeck's work has been instrumental in focusing recent scholarship on women in the age of industrialization.
2. Pinchbeck's work, as described in the passage, suggests which of the following about women during the industrial revolution in Britain?
A. Women's wage labor opportunities varied somewhat from region to region.
B. Women became more economically independent during the industrial revolution than they had been prior to the late eighteenth century.
C. Women were forced to manufacture an increasingly varied range of products in the home in order to compete with mechanized production.
D. Industrialization had a greater impact on women's economic condition in Britain than it had on women's economic condition in other parts of Europe.
E. Industrialization had a greater impact on women's economic condition in rural areas than it did in urban areas.
3. According to the passage, Pinchbeck asserts which of the following about domestic life during the industrial revolution?
A. It became more difficult when industrialization consigned women to the margins of economic activity.
B. It became strained as more women entered the industrial workforce.
C. It was not significantly altered by the economic effects of the industrial revolution.
D. It improved because men's and women's work activities became more clearly differentiated.
E. It improved as commercial goods were no longer produced in the home.