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Q16 to Q19:
In 1675, Louis XIV
established the Parisian
seamstresses’ guild, the first
Line independent all-female guild
(5) created in over 200 years.
Guild members could make
and sell women’s and chil-
dren’s clothing, but were
prohibited from producing
(10) men’s clothing or dresses
for court women. Tailors
resented the ascension of
seamstresses to guild status;
seamstresses, meanwhile,
(15) were impatient with the
remaining restrictions on
their right to clothe women.
The conflict between
the guilds was not purely
(20) economic, however. A 1675
police report indicated that
since so many seamstresses
were already working illegally,
the tailors were unlikely to
(25) suffer additional economic
damage because of the
seamstresses’ incorporation.
Moreover, guild membership
held very different meanings
(30) for tailors and seamstresses.
To the tailors, their status as
guild members overlapped
with their role as heads of
household, and entitled them
(35) to employ as seamstresses
female family members who
did not marry outside the trade.
The seamstresses, however,
viewed guild membership as
(40) a mark of independence from
the patriarchal family. Their
guild was composed not of
family units but of individual
women who enjoyed unusual
(45) legal and economic privileges.
At the conflict’s center was
the issue of whether tailors’
female relatives should be
identified as family members
(50) protected by the tailors’ guild
or as individuals under the
jurisdiction of the seam-
stresses’ guild.
Q17:
According to the passage, one source of dissatisfaction for Parisian seamstresses after the establishment of the seamstresses’ guild was that
- seamstresses were not allowed to make and sell clothing for all women
- tailors continued to have the exclusive legal right to clothe men
- seamstresses who were relatives of tailors were prevented from becoming members of the seamstresses’ guild
- rivalry between individual seamstresses increased, thus hindering their ability to compete with the tailors for business
- seamstresses were not allowed to accept male tailors as members of the guild
给出的a，我选B
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Q18:
It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following was true of seamstresses employed by relatives who were members of the tailors’ guild?
- They were instrumental in convincing Louis XIV to establish the seamstresses’ guild.
- They were rarely allowed to assist master tailors in the production of men’s clothing.
- They were considered by some tailors to be a threat to the tailors’ monopoly.
- They did not enjoy the same economic and legal privileges that members of the seamstresses’ guild enjoyed.
- They felt their status as working women gave them a certain degree of independence from the patriarchal family.
给出的D，我选E
Answer:
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