11. read the following passage from "the women's baths."
(1 point)
i have never known my grandmother to be so generous and open-handed as on the
day which we spent at the market baths. she was pleased and proud as she listened to
the blessings called down on her by those who had received her largesse. then she
gave me an intentionally lofty look, as if to say: "can you appreciate your
grandmother's status now? how about telling your mother about this, now that she's
begun to look down her nose at me?"
as she left the baths there was a certain air of haughtiness in her step, and she held
herself proudly upright, although i had only known her walk resignedly, with a bent
back, at home.
now she was enjoying the esteem which was hers only when she visited the market
baths. at last i understood their secret...
host cynresses the writer's feelings about the rituals of
