Read the passage from a room of one’s own.

for surely it is time that the effect of discouragement upon the mind of the artist should be measured, as i have seen a dairy company measure the effect of ordinary milk and grade a milk upon the body of the rat. they set two rats in cages side by side, and of the two one was furtive, timid and small, and the other was glossy, bold and big. now what food do we feed women as artists upon? i asked, remembering, i suppose, that dinner of prunes and custard.

what perspective is supported by woolf’s word choices in the underlined sentence?

that women artists are treated like caged rats

that women artists become fearful in captivity

that women artists are often held back by their own creative instincts

that women artists do not receive the encouragement they need to succeed

According to section four, what is the most likely reason that a polyester blend fabric would make the project more difficult for amateur quilters?

What is darrow’s main argument and the claims he makes in this excerpt? a. darrow argues that even if the boys are horrible monsters, their deaths will not solve the problems of society; he claims that society wants the boys to be executed because people enjoy watching public executions. b. he argues that the people who should be held responsible for the crime are leopold’s and loeb’s parents since they neglected their sons; he claims that leopold and loeb were jealous of the boy they killed because he had expensive belongings they could not afford. c. darrow argues that the boys should not face the death penalty; he claims they both suffer from mental illnesses that make them unable to tell the difference between a dream and reality. d. he argues that leopold and loeb, particularly dickie loeb, should not be executed; he claims they were teenagers who didn’t have proper adult guidance, so they are not responsible for what they did.

How did the different childhood homes of doris lessing could have impacted her storytelling?