From Babbitts and Bohemians: The American 1920s

80. The writer wants to add a word or phrase to the first sentence of the second paragraph

(reproduced below), adjusting the capitalization as needed, to continue the focus of

the first paragraph.

The flapper evolved.

Which of the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

• Yet,

• Similarly,

• Although,

• Moreover,

• For example,

Answer explanation

80. (A) Yet. The second paragraph expands on the idea of the flapper’s being

“completely defined” and discusses her evolution to becoming a “new American girl”

from a woman whose life was changed by World War I.

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81. In the second paragraph, the writer implies that the flapper

• did not care about fashion or her appearance

• worked hard to overcome the adversity brought on by the war

• enjoyed her new role which allowed her to join the workforce

• appeared thanks to the scarcity of marriage-age men after the war

• took advantage of the freedoms women experienced during the war

Answer explanation

81. (E) took advantage of the freedoms women experienced during the war. The

entire focus of the paragraph is the effect of the war on women of that era.

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82. Which of the following best describes the writer’s exigence in the passage?

• The flapper’s influence on 1920s women

• How the flapper still inspires women’s fashion today

• The effect the flapper’s attitude had on American society

• The characteristics of the flapper and her impact on society

• How women embraced the flapper lifestyle in the 1920s and beyond

Answer explanation

82. (D) The characteristics of the flapper and her impact on society. The flapper had

a major effect on American society, so the writer’s exigence reflects that.

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83. The change in the depiction of a young woman on Saturday Evening Post covers

from 1921 to 1924 (lines 16-36) is notable because

• the pictures change from drawings to photographs

• it is clear that young women prefer to dress demurely

• it is more subtle than the actual change in women’s status

• the women evolve from being somewhat daring to being worldly

• the women seem to dominate the men with whom they are shown

Answer explanation

83. (D) the women evolve from being somewhat daring to being worldly. The 1921

cover shows a woman who looks into her boyfriend’s eyes “with confidence,” something

women from previous years seldom did. By the time the 1924 cover is printed, the

woman no longer is depicted with a man but is shown alone, staring straight into the

reader’s eyes while she handles gambling counters.

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84. In context, lines 9-12 (“Travel, informality…self-assurance”) could be used to

support which of the following claims about the writer’s tone?

• Her tone when discussing the flapper is patronizing.

• Her tone when discussing her subject is straightforward.

• She adopts a critical tone when dealing with her subject.

• She adopts an ingratiating tone when approaching her subject.

• Her tone when discussing male/female relationships is detached.

Answer explanation

84. (B) Her tone when discussing her subject is straightforward. The writer discusses

the subject frankly; she is not patronizing, critical, fawning, or detached.

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85. Which of the following sentences, if placed before the first sentence of the fifth

paragraph (lines 37-41) would both capture the audience’s attention and provide the

most effective introduction to the paragraph’s topic?

• The flapper had a wide-sweeping effect on both journalists and readers alike.

• In the early 1920s, people hardly knew how to describe the flapper and her

  impact on society.

• Newspapers and magazines were filled with salacious descriptions of the

  flappers’ exploits.

• By 1925 the phenomenon of the flapper was so conspicuous that many words

  were put on paper analyzing her.

• Because of the public’s demand for information, it wasn’t long before

  publications began printing stories about and photographs of flappers.

Answer explanation

85. (D) By 1925…analyzing her. This sentence introduces the subject of the fifth

paragraph, namely the publication of materials focused on the flapper. Neither

photographs nor salacious descriptions are mentioned in the paragraph.

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86. It can be inferred from the passage that their contemporaries probably viewed

flappers with

• disdain and mistrust

• admiration and envy

• fascination and uncertainty

• indifference and acceptance

• condescension and skepticism

Answer explanation

86. (C) fascination and uncertainty. The writer makes it clear that flappers did not

make up the majority of American women, so she probably was a source of both

fascination and uncertainty.

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87. In the final paragraph (lines 42-54), the writer introduces hypothetical scenarios

primarily to

• spotlight the flapper’s illicit behavior

• underscore the flapper’s behavior in public

• question the motives of those who hung out with flappers

• affirm that the flapper was not a typical woman of the time

• discourage young women from using flappers as role models

Answer explanation

87. (D) affirm that the flapper was not a typical woman of the time. Whether she was

smoking in public or hanging out unchaperoned with her beaus, the flapper proved that

she was not a typical woman of the time.

88. In the context of the passage, all of the following phrases refer to the same idea

EXCEPT

• “new American girl” (lines 1-2)

• “sweet, confiding, shy, and yet innocent female” (lines 13-14)

• “unafraid and a little bold” (line 19)

• “the slightest, flimsiest silk” (line 32)

• “dancing the fox-trot in roadhouses” (line 48)

Answer explanation

88. (B) “sweet, confiding, shy, and yet innocent female.” All of the choices except this

one depict the flapper as being different from the typical female of the time.

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