Which excerpt from "ain't i a woman? " best refutes the anti-suffragist idea that women were too fragile to handle the right to vote? then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause christ wasn’t a woman! that man over there says that women need to be into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. i have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!

In the excerpt "Ain't I a Woman?" the best that refutes the idea that women were too fragile to handle the right to vote is this one which she says she had worked as a men and with no help showing her strength:  I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!

D) I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!

Explanation: From the given excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman" the one that best refutes the anti-suffragist idea that women were too fragile to handle the right to vote, is the corresponding to option D: I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! because the speaker (who is a woman) is talking about how strong she is, and how no man could head her (it refutes the idea of women being fragile).

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the silver bells of the sleds are merry and keep time in the winter nights while the sky twinkles happily. the golden bells of weddings are delightful in their peaceful happiness, foretelling a rapturous future. meanwhile, the brazen alarm bells scream frightfully in the night, with a discordant and desperate sound. in their clamor, these bells convey terror, horror, and anger. finally, the iron bells are solemn and melancholy, while those in the church steeple are like ghouls who feel happiness. the king of the ghouls, who rings the bells, cheerfully keeps time with the moaning and groaning bells.

two factors or characteristics of a chapter that might make it difficult to read would be words i don't understand, or if i don't fully understand what's going on in the chapter. strategies i can use to get through the difficult material would be a dictionary, and re-reading previous chapters to get a better grasp of what the author is trying to say.