Question

Then and there I resolved that I would not give so much time as heretofore to play, but would study and strive to be at the head of all my classes and thus delight my father's heart. All that day and far into the night I pondered the problem of boyhood. I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. —Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences, 1815-1897, Elizabeth Cady Stanton Determine which question will best help you discover young Elizabeth's viewpoint in this passage. Which classes does she take? Will she like school as much as playing? Why does she strive to be equal to boys? How will her sisters react to her plan?

Answer 1

This excerpt could be an answer to the question: "What does it mean to be equal to a boy, according to Stanton?"

Indeed, the narrator is talking about how she has been wondering how to best integrate among boys ("I pondered the problem of boyhood") by being as good as them in certain fields, like Greek and horseriding. Besides, she states explictly that to be learned and courageous is "the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys," which is the answer she found to her hours of thinking about this question.

Answer 2

This selection may be an reply to the address: "What does it cruel to be rise to to a boy, agreeing to Stanton?" Indeed, the storyteller is talking approximately how she has been pondering how to best coordinated among boys ("I considered the issue of boyhood") by being as great as them in certain areas, like Greek and horseriding. Other than, she states explictly that to be learned and courageous is "the chief thing to be worn out arrange to rise to boys," which is the reply she found to her hours of considering almost this question.