Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practice Question 196: Answer and Explanation

Question: 196

The following text is from Carrie Chapman Catt's "Address to the Congress on Women's Suffrage" in 1917.

"There is one thing mightier than kings and armies"-aye, than Congresses and political parties-"the power of an idea when its time has come to move." The time for woman suffrage has come. The woman's hour has struck. If parties prefer to postpone action longer and thus do battle with this idea, they challenge the inevitable. The idea will not perish; the party which opposes it may.

Based on the text, Catt argues that women's suffrage should happen

  • A. after a long delay.
  • B. when all foreign countries have done so.
  • C. after political parties have considered the issue thoroughly.
  • D. immediately.

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

(D) According to the text, "The time for woman suffrage has come." Hence, immediately is the correct answer. None of the other choices refer to instantaneous action.

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