How Did the Literary Culture of Late Ming and Early

Multiple Choice

How did the literary culture of late Ming and early Qing China affect elite women's lives?

A) Elite women's success as writers, readers, and editors encouraged them to assume a wider range of social roles.
B) Elite women read about the lives of poor women and developed a new sense of female solidarity that crossed class boundaries.
C) Elite women were generally able to participate as writers, readers, and editors, despite increasing constraints on their lives.
D) Elite women were not encouraged to participate in literary culture, but the most popular books had strong female characters.