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carrie09

Quakers
    

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In her account of unmarried
women’s experiences in colonial
Philadelphia, Wulf argues that edu-

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cated young women, particularly

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Quakers, engaged in resistance to
patriarchal marriage by exchanging
poetry critical of marriage, copying
verse into their commonplace
books. Wulf suggests that this

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critique circulated beyond the
daughters of the Quaker elite
and middle class, whose com-
monplace books she mines,
proposing that Quaker shools

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brought it to many poor female
students of diverse backgrounds.
Here Wulf probably overstates
Quaker schools’ impact. At least
three years’ study would be

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necessary to achieve the literacy
competence necessary to grapple
with the material she analyzes.
In 1765, the year Wulf uses to
demonstrate the diversity of

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Philadelphia’s Quaker schools,
128 students enrolled in these
schools. Refining Wulf’s numbers
by the information she provides
on religious affiliation, gender, and

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length of study, it appears that only

about 17 poor non-quaker girls
were educated in Philadelphia’s
Quaker schools for three years or
longer. While Wulf is correct that

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a critique of patriarchal marriage
circulated broadly, Quaker schools
probably cannot be credited with
instilling these ideas in the lower
classes. Popular literary satires

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on marriage had already landed
on fertile ground in a multiethnic
population that embodied a wide
range of marital beliefs and
practices. These ethnic- and

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class-based traditions them-
selves challenged the legitimacy
of patriarchal marriage.

carrie09

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The author of the passage implies which of the following about the poetry mentioned in the
first paragraph?
A. Wulf exaggerates the degree to which young women from an elite background
regarded the poetry as providing a critique of marriage.
B. The circulation of the poetry was confined to young Quaker women.
C. Young women copied the poetry into their commonplace books because they
interpreted it as providing a desirable model of unmarried life.
D. The poetry’s capacity to influence popular attitudes was restricted by the degree of
literacy necessary to comprehend it.
E. The poetry celebrated marital beliefs and practices that were in opposition to
patriarchal marriage.

答案为什么选D？

其实一开始我也选D的，但题目中说的是第一段暗示了什么，实际上从第一段的内容中，是看不到暗示了这些诗需要一定的文化程度才能读懂。我觉得应该是B吧。既然下面的内容是说Quake没有那么大的影响力，所以这些诗应该局限在这些贵族女性当中。不知是否有人同意我的看法？