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Woolf characterizes the questions in lines 53-57 ("For we . . . men") as both
  1. Controversial and threatening
  2. Weighty and unasnwerable
  3. Momentous and pressing
  4. Provocative and mysterious

A
Provocative and mysterious
B
Weighty and unasnwerable
C
Momentous and pressing
D
Controversial and threatening
Solution
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The passage is adapted from Virginia Woolf, Three Guineas. It talks about the situation of women in English society. The writer has highlighted the urgency of the issue which is the procession of the sons of educated men.
The passage highlights the question that why women are prohibited from doing professional work, why they are seeing the men going to the office behind the curtained windows.
The lines 53-57 forces women to think about whether to join the procession or not. The questions highlighted in these lines are momentous, pressing and are of great importance. Thus, option C is the correct answer.

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