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C Palma states that we cannot detain the celestial bodies in their course. However, right
before that he states that female suffrage is a reform demanded by the social conditions of
our times. Immediately after he discusses the movements of celestial bodies, he also says
neither can we check any of those moral movements that gravitate with irresistible force
toward their center of attraction: Justice. Thus, he discusses the difficulty of halting the
stars, or celestial bodies, in order to show that female suffrage is inevitable. This does not
relate to the claims of those who oppose female suffrage, so eliminate (A). Palma does not
say that those who oppose the bill are prejudiced against the causes of modern men and
women in general, only that they are prejudiced against the cause of female suffrage. Thus,
(B) is incorrect. In lines 46–51, Palma states that the eternal calamity howlers and false
prophets of evil raise their voices on this present occasion, in protest against female
suffrage, invoking the sanctity of the home and the necessity of perpetuating customs
that have been observed for many years. In other words, many who oppose the bill do so
because they claim that giving women the right to vote may threaten the sanctity of the
home and disrupt customs that have been observed for many years. Therefore, (C) is
supported by the passage and is the correct answer. Choice (D) focuses on civic rather than
social institutions and is too extreme, stating that giving women the right to vote will
permanently paralyze the country. Those who oppose the bill do not make such extreme
claims, so (D) is incorrect.

B As determined in the previous question, the opponents claim that women’s suffrage will
damage home life and perhaps disrupt long-established customs. Choice (A) mentions
female suffrage, but only as something the times demand and without listing negative
consequences. Choice (C) does mention that things theretofore looked upon as immovable
have given way, but this sentence describes only what the country experienced during
previous revolutions, not what is forecast. Choice (D) mentions a few reactionists and
ultra-conservatives but does not detail their objections; (D) is incorrect. Choice (B) fully
supports the answer for question 25 by naming the objections of those who oppose
woman’s suffrage. Choice (B) is the correct answer.

B Palma says that sudden changes have been carried on most successfully, without
paralyzation, retrogression, disorganization, or destruction. Therefore, he is not showing
how these things can damage a society, so (A) is incorrect. However, he uses this list to
show how social changes can occur without paralyzing a nation or causing it to regress,
become disorganized, or be destroyed. Therefore, (B) is the correct answer. Since Palma
says that the Philippines experienced change without any of the negative consequences he
lists, (C) does not agree with the information in the passage, and is therefore incorrect.
Palma does not suggest that the nation should be paralyzed, regress, become disorganized,
or be destroyed, so you can eliminate (D).

A In the sentence in question, Palma indicates that the great social upheavals have caused old
institutions to crumble to pieces. However, later in that same sentence, he states that
despite all those upheavals...our people has become a people with modern thoughts and
ideals...robust and strong. In the next paragraph, he goes on to say that in view of the
fruitful results which those institutions of liberty and democracy have brought to our