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Answer: BSet 2: Inferences (Advanced)
Explanation
PASSAGE
The French Revolution proclaimed universal rights but excluded women from citizenship. Olympe de Gouges responded with the 'Declaration of the Rights of Woman,' arguing that if women could be executed for crimes, they should equally be granted political rights. Her execution during the Terror embodied the contradiction she had exposed.
What irony does the passage highlight?
A. The Revolution successfully extended all rights equally.
B. Universal principles were selectively applied, a hypocrisy that their critics exposed through action and argument.✓ Correct
C. De Gouges opposed women's rights.
D. Women were never subject to Revolutionary laws.
Detailed Explanation
'Universal rights' but 'excluded women'; her execution proved her point = exposed hypocrisy of selective application.
Key Evidence:
• "proclaimed universal rights but excluded women"
• "Her execution embodied the contradiction"
Why others are wrong: A (Women were excluded.), C (She argued FOR women's rights.), D (She was executed = subject to laws.).