Question

I went, therefore, to the shelf where the histories stand and took down one of the latest, Professor Trevelyan's History of England. . . . 'Wife-beating', I read, 'was a recognized right of man, and was practised without shame by high as well as low. . . . Similarly,' the historian goes on, 'the daughter who refused to marry the gentleman of her parents' choice was liable to be locked up, beaten and flung about the room. . . .

Answer 1

Which statement best conveys how Woolf achieves her purpose in this excerpt?

The answer would be: She cites a historian to make it clear that she is basing her argument on facts.