In the Hellenistic World, Women's Social and Political Status Depended

Multiple Choice

In the Hellenistic world, women's social and political status depended largely on which of the following?

A) Their position in the socioeconomic hierarchy; wealthy women had far more opportunities available to them than did poor women
B) Their natural beauty; attractive women, regardless of social class, were more likely to marry upward and advance socially
C) Their innate ambition and intelligence; women driven to advance socially often succeeded in doing so, regardless of their social origins
D) Geography; women in Greece were more likely than women in the other Mediterranean Hellenistic kingdoms to be on equal footing with men