1. PART A: Which statement best expresses the main idea of the article? A. Women played an important role in the anti-slavery movement.
B. Women could not financially support the anti-slavery movement.
C. Women were prevented from taking part in the anti-slavery movement.
D. Women could only use their poetry to support the anti-slavery movement.
2. PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. “Because poetry was considered suitable for women at the time, many of them wrote verses that brought light to the experiences of slaves.” (Paragraph 7)
B. “They used their financial power to boycott slave-produced goods like sugar from the West Indies, shopping instead for that grown in the East Indies by free labour.” (Paragraph 8)
C. “Women were not only petitioning and participating in the political process, they were now even questioning the aims of the movement.” (Paragraph 11)
D. “Several of the British women who were not allowed to participate were among those who 26 years later signed the first petition to grant women the right to vote.” (Paragraph 12)