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Reading Comprehension (RC) | Re: In 1675, Louis XIV established the Parisian seamstresses guild, the f

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This passage was honestly pretty vague and confusing, so I'm leaving my explanations here for personal reference, but in case it finds itself helpful to anyone else who may stumble across it:

1. This is a main idea question. The premise of the passage is in the first sentence, talking about how Louis XIV set up the seamstress's guild. However, the actual main idea is in the last sentence of the first paragraph: "Tailors resented the ascension of seamstresses to guild status; seamstresses, meanwhile, were impatient with the remaining restrictions on their right to clothe women." before then diving into examples of why. Answerchoice B is the only one that matches this.

2.­ The answer can be found in the main idea: "seamstresses, meanwhile, were impatient with the remaining restrictions on their right to clothewomen." A  is the only answer that matches this.

3. This is an inference question that requires going into it answer by answer:

A. Wrong, no information
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Statistics : Posted by wasario • on 26 Apr 2005, 06:24 • Replies 26 • Views 31645



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