Question

we entirely prevented stockbrokers in london from telegraphing to stockbrokers in glasgow and vice versa: for one whole day telegraphic communication was entirely stopped. i am not going to tell you how it was done. i am going to tell you how the women got to the mains and cut the wires; but it was done. it was done, and it was proved to the authorities that weak women, suffrage women, as we are supposed to be, had enough ingenuity to create a situation of that kind. now, i ask you, if women can do that, is there any limit to what we can do except the limit we put upon ourselves? in this excerpt from \freedom or death,\ how does pankhurst use reasoning to emphasize the potential of women? by hypothesizing the financial consequences felt by stockbrokers due to the disruption; by suggesting that if women can disrupt telegraphic communication, they can achieve even greater feats; by urging the audience to ponder the intricate techniques and planning that went into the disruption; by reasoning that women’s motivation stems from a deeper sense of social justice and equality

Explanation:

The excerpt shows women (suffrage women) disrupting telegraphic communication (stockbrokers' communication). Then Pankhurst asks if women can do that, is there a limit to their potential. So she suggests that if women can disrupt telegraphic communication, they can achieve even greater feats (by extending the idea from this disruption to other potential achievements). Let's analyze other options:

• Option 1: Hypothesizing financial consequences? The text is about women's potential, not focusing on financial consequences' hypothesis.
• Option 2: Urging to ponder techniques? The text isn't about urging to think about the techniques of the disruption, but about women's capabilities.
• Option 4: Reasoning about social justice motivation? The excerpt is about what women can achieve (potential), not about the source of their motivation being social justice.

So the correct option is the one about suggesting that if women can disrupt telegraphic communication, they can achieve even greater feats.

Answer:

By suggesting that if women can disrupt telegraphic communication, they can achieve even greater feats