1. Victorian women's magazines portrayed the fashionable woman as:

a) someone who upholds the traditional female role.
b) attractive and modern.
c) politically aware.
d) representing all classes of society.

2. Choose the best description of the aims of the Rational Dress Society.

a) To make corsets illegal.
b) To allow working-class women to wear the same clothes as wealthy women.
c) To persuade women to wear the same clothes as men.
d) To encourage women to wear more comfortable clothes in order to maintain health and free themselves from the repression of traditional expectations.

3. The bloomer was named after its inventor, Amelia Bloomer.

True
False

4. In the 1880s the dress reform movement joined forces with the sports lobby to promote rational dress for cyclists.

True
False