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Directions:
Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Passage One
In large part as a consequence of the feminist movement, historians have focused a great deal of attention in recent years on determining more accurately the status of women in various periods. Although much has been accomplished for the modern period, premodern cultures have proved more difficult: sources are restricted in number, fragmentary, difficult to interpret, and often contradictory. Thus it is not particularly surprising that some earlier scholarship concerning such cultures has so far gone unchallenged. An example is Johanna Bachofen’s 1861 treatise on Amazons, women-ruled societies of questionable existence contemporary with ancient Greece.,
Starting from the premise that mythology and legend preserve at least a nucleus of historical fact, Bachofen argued tha
A. feminists have shown little interest in ancient societies
B. Bachofen’s knowledge of Amazonian culture is unparalleled
C. reliable information about the ancient world is difficult to acquire
D. historians have been primarily interested in the modern period