33 The central claim of the passage is that
A) educated women face a decision about how to
engage with existing institutions,
B) women can have positions of influence in
English society only if they give up some of their
traditionables.
C) the male monopoly on power in English society
has had grave and continuing effects.
D) the entry of educated women into positions of
power traditionally held by men will transform
those positions.

Choice A is the best answer. Throughout the passage, Woolf advocates for
more women to engage with existing institutions by joining the workforce:
"We too can leave the house, can mount those steps [to an office], pass in
and out of those doors, . . . make money, administer justice . . ." (lines 30-32).
Woolf tells educated women that they are at a "moment of transition" (line 51)
where they must consider their future role in the workforce.

Choice B is incorrect because even though Woolf mentions women's traditional
roles (lines 68-69: "while they stirred the pot, while they rocked the
cradle"), she does not suggest that women will have to give up these traditional
roles to gain positions of influence.

Choice C is incorrect because though
Woolf wonders how "the procession of the sons of educated men" impacts
women's roles, she does not argue that this male-dominated society has had
grave and continuing effects.

Choice D is incorrect because while Woolf suggests
educated women can hold positions currently held by men, she does not
suggest that women's entry into positions of power will change those positions.