Answers and Explanations for AP European History Practice Test 1 (^) ‹ 237
Mill was an advocate of nineteenth-century lib-
eralism. A is incorrect, because nothing in the
passage makes reference to the nineteenth-cen-
tury socialist belief that competition should be
replaced by cooperation. B is incorrect because
the passage makes no reference to the nine-
teenth-century conservative belief in the value
of traditional customs and institutions. C is
incorrect because nothing in the passage refers to
the nineteenth-century anarchist belief that the
government was the enemy of liberty.
- C. The passage indicates that the cause of
women’s submission to men is the nature of
women’s early education; thus, one may infer
that Mill advocated educational reform to
reverse the condition. A is incorrect because
the subject of the passage is the subjection of
women; the word “slavery” is used metaphori-
cally. C is incorrect because a patriarchal social
hierarchy is based on the subjection of women;
Mill’s passage is dedicated to ending the subjec-
tion of women. D is incorrect because there is
no reference to the institution of marriage in
the passage. - D. The passage’s notion that early education
determines a person’s character is consistent
with a tabula rasa, or blank slate, theory of
human nature. A is incorrect because nothing
in the passage refers to a corrupt or evil nature
of human beings. B is incorrect because noth-
ing in the passage implies that people are gener-
ally good or will do the right thing most of the
time. C is incorrect because the passage indi-
cates that the differences between the nature of
women and men are a product of differing early
educations. - B. Mill’s call, in the last sentence of the passage,
for an end to a system by which gender decides
a person’s opportunity in life allows one to infer
that Mill advocated for equal opportunity for
women. A is incorrect because the passage does
not refer to the institution of marriage. C is
incorrect because the passage does not mention
social engineering. D is incorrect because the
passage does not advocate the benefits of unbri-
dled competition the way a social Darwinist
passage would.
53. D. The references to the “mistress of the house”
and “household duties,” along with the title,
allow one to infer that the subject is the role of
a woman in running her own domestic house-
hold. A is incorrect because the reference to
a commander of the army is a metaphor. B is
incorrect because the “domestics” referred to are
household servants. C is incorrect because the
topic of the passage is clearly the management
of a household, not a school.
54. A. The passage’s reference to the importance of
“acquirements, which more particularly belong
to the feminine character” allow one to infer
that Beeton believed that women were better
suited than men for the task of household
management. B and D are incorrect because
the topic of the passage is not the running of
a school. C is incorrect because the passage’s
reference to the importance of “acquirements,
which more particularly belong to the femi-
nine character” allow one to infer that Beeton
believed that women, not men, were better
suited than men for the task of household
management.
55. C. The reference in the passage to a mistress
of the house being the “leader” of an establish-
ment, and her assertion that the “happiness,
comfort, and well-being of the family” were
dependent on her doing her job well, allow one
to infer that Beeton believed that women held
considerable power and responsibility within
the domestic sphere of social life (within the
confines of the household). A and B are incor-
rect because the passage makes no reference to
the public sphere of life (outside the confines
of the household). D is incorrect because the
reference in the passage to the mistress of the
house being the “leader” of an establishment
and her assertion that the “happiness, comfort,
and well-being of the family” were dependent
on her doing her job well allow one to infer that
Beeton believed that women held considerable
power and responsibility within the domestic
sphere of social life (within the confines of the
household), not that they were denied such
power and responsibility.
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