Question

read the passage from a dolls house.
nora: nurse, i want you to tell me something i have often wondered about—how could you have the heart to put your own child out among strangers?
nurse: i was obliged to, if i wanted to be little noras nurse.
nora: yes, but how could you be willing to do it?
nurse: what, when i was going to get such a good place by it? a poor girl who has got into trouble should be glad to. besides, that wicked man didnt do a single thing for me.
nora: but i suppose your daughter has quite forgotten you.
nurse: no, indeed she hasnt. she wrote to me when she was confirmed, and when she was married.
how does the author use the character of the nurse to develop the social issue of gender inequality?
○ the nurse’s willingness to take care of nora when nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work.
○ the nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself.
○ the fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever.
○ the nurse’s assurance to nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.

Explanation:

The question focuses on how the nurse's experience develops gender inequality. The nurse had to give up her own child to work as Nora's nurse, which reflects that women in that era had limited economic options—they couldn't support themselves without sacrificing their maternal roles, highlighting systemic gender inequality in employment and economic autonomy. The other options either miss the social issue of inequality or focus on irrelevant points.

Answer:

O The nurse's need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman's inability to support herself.