Question

Which of these sentences about the status of women in Jane Austen’s time is true?

A. Educated women could take up professions like medicine and law.
B. Women did not have any choice in matters of marriage.
C. Marriage was the only means for women to gain social mobility.
D. Single women enjoyed better opportunities in professional life.

Answer 1

Answer:
C. Marriage was the only means for women to gain social mobility.

Answer 2

The sentence about the status of women in Jane Austen’s time that is trueis option C, "marriage was the only means for women to gain social mobility."

In Jane Austen's England, women were oppressed victims of a patriarchal society, subordinate first to their fathers and, then, to their husbands who had been chosen by their fathers.

Jane Austen was an English novelist known mainly for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment about the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.