4. The passage supports which of the following statements about the early mill owners mentioned in the second paragraph?

　　(A) They hoped that by creating relatively unattractive "female" jobs they would discourage women from losing interest in marriage and family life.
　(B) They sought to increase the size of the available labor force as a means to keep men's to keep men's wages low.

　　(C) They argued that women were inherently suited to do well in particular kinds of factory work.

　　(D) They thought that factory work bettered the condition of women by emancipating them from dependence on income earned by men.

　　(E) They felt guilty about disturbing the traditional division of labor in family.

　　5. It can be inferred from the passage that the "unfinished revolution" the author mentions in line 13 refers to the

　　(A) entry of women into the industrial labor market

　　(B) recognition that work done by women as homemakers should be compensated at rates comparable to those prevailing in the service sector of the economy

　　(C) development of a new definition of femininity unrelated to the economic forces of industrialism

　　(D) introduction of equal pay for equal work in all professions

　　(E) emancipation of women wage earners from gender- determined job allocation

　　6. The passage supports which of the following statements about hiring policies in the United States?

　　(A) After a crisis many formerly "male" jobs are reclassified as "female" jobs.

　　(B) Industrial employers generally prefer to hire women with previous experience as homemakers.

　　(C) Post-Second World War hiring policies caused women to lose many of their wartime gains in employment opportunity.

　　(D) Even war industries during the Second World War were reluctant to hire women for factory work.

　　(E) The service sector of the economy has proved more nearly gender-blind in its hiring policies than has the manufacturing sector.

　　7. Which of the following words best expresses the opinion of the author of the passage concerning the notion that women are more skillful than men in carrying out detailed tasks?
(A) "patient" (line 21)

　　(B) "repetitive" (line 21)

　　(C) "hoary" (line 22)

　　(D) "homemaking" (line 23)

　　(E) "purview" (line 24)

　　8. Which of the following best describes the relationship of the final paragraph to the passage as a whole?

　　(A) The central idea is reinforced by the citation of evidence drawn from twentieth-century history.

　　(B) The central idea is restated in such a way as to form a transition to a new topic for discussion.

　　(C) The central idea is restated and juxtaposed with evidence that might appear to contradic it.

　　(D) A partial exception to the generalizations of the central idea is dismissed as unimportant.

　　(E) Recent history is cited to suggest that the central idea's validity is gradually diminishing