Why I Want a Wife

According to Judy Brady in the essay “Why I Want a Wife,” what sparked in her the realization that she, too, "would like to have a wife”?

• a quarrel with her husband

• an encounter with a male friend fresh from a recent divorce

• an argument with her parents

• a run-in with an old girlfriend who still hadn’t married

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In the opening sentences of "Why I Want a Wife," the author classifies herself according to two roles that she plays. What are those roles?

• wife and husband

• mother and daughter

• wife and worker

• wife and mother

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In the essay “Why I Want a Wife,” which one of the following items does Judy Brady not say that she wants?

• the liberty to replace my present wife with another one

• a wife who will take care of the details of my social life

• a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife’s duties

• a wife who will make so much money that I will never have to work again

In the essay “Why I Want a Wife,” which one of the following desires does the author state directly?

• I want a wife who will work and send me to school.

• I want my husband to earn more money

• I want to be single again

• I want my wife to go back to school

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What is the final line of Judy Brady's essay "Why I Want a Wife"?

• My God, who wouldn't want a wife?

• I want to be single again

• My God, why would anyone want to be a wife?

• Dear God, why am I a wife?