Question

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What is the ,begin emphasis,main,end emphasis, claim the author makes in the passage?

Question 1 Answer options with 4 options
1.
The current proposal is too revolutionary to be approved.

2.
Most people are afraid of change, even when it is necessary.

3.
The people in opposition to the new policy are unreasonable.

4.
Sometimes it is necessary to pass good but unpopular laws.

Question 2
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Which detail from the passage ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, supports the correct answer from Part A?

Question 2 Answer options with 4 options
1.
"All this merely shows that human nature is conservative, and that it is fully as conservative in women as in men." (Paragraph 1)

2.
"Everybody approves of these changes now, because they have become accomplished facts." (Paragraph 2)

3.
"But not one of them would have been made to this day if it had been necessary to wait until the majority of women asked for it." (Paragraph 2)

4.
"The change now under discussion is to be judged on its merits." (Paragraph 2)

Answer 1

Part A: 4 — Sometimes it is necessary to pass good but unpopular laws.

Part B: 3 — "But not one of them would have been made to this day if it had been necessary to wait until the majority of women asked for it."
This detail supports the claim that important changes must sometimes be enacted before they become popular.