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From the Ted Talk by Theresa A. Yugar: History's "worst" nun

Unscramble the Blue Letters


It was perhaps this precedent that inspired Juana’s lifelong ccfndieone. At age three, she sctrleey followed her older sister to school. When she later learned that hhegir education was open only to men, she begged her mother to let her attend in disguise. Her request denied, Juana found solace in her grandfather’s private library. By early alncodesece, she’d meeratsd philosophical debate, Latin, and the Aztec language Nahuatl.

Juana’s puicorecos intellect attracted attention from the royal court in Mexico City, and when she was sixteen, the viceroy and his wife took her in as their lady-in-waiting. Here, her plyas and poems alternately dazzled and outraged the court. Her provocative poem Foolish Men isnufomlay criticized sexist double sdaratdns, decrying how men corrupt women while blaming them for immorality. Despite its controversy, her work still inspired adoration, and noreuums proposals. But junaa was more interested in knowledge than mragaire. And in the patriarchal society of the time, there was only one place she could find it.

Open Cloze


It was perhaps this precedent that inspired Juana’s lifelong __________. At age three, she ________ followed her older sister to school. When she later learned that ______ education was open only to men, she begged her mother to let her attend in disguise. Her request denied, Juana found solace in her grandfather’s private library. By early ___________, she’d ________ philosophical debate, Latin, and the Aztec language Nahuatl.

Juana’s __________ intellect attracted attention from the royal court in Mexico City, and when she was sixteen, the viceroy and his wife took her in as their lady-in-waiting. Here, her _____ and poems alternately dazzled and outraged the court. Her provocative poem Foolish Men __________ criticized sexist double _________, decrying how men corrupt women while blaming them for immorality. Despite its controversy, her work still inspired adoration, and ________ proposals. But _____ was more interested in knowledge than ________. And in the patriarchal society of the time, there was only one place she could find it.

Solution


  1. numerous
  2. plays
  3. mastered
  4. marriage
  5. standards
  6. confidence
  7. infamously
  8. precocious
  9. secretly
  10. juana
  11. adolescence
  12. higher

Original Text


It was perhaps this precedent that inspired Juana’s lifelong confidence. At age three, she secretly followed her older sister to school. When she later learned that higher education was open only to men, she begged her mother to let her attend in disguise. Her request denied, Juana found solace in her grandfather’s private library. By early adolescence, she’d mastered philosophical debate, Latin, and the Aztec language Nahuatl.

Juana’s precocious intellect attracted attention from the royal court in Mexico City, and when she was sixteen, the viceroy and his wife took her in as their lady-in-waiting. Here, her plays and poems alternately dazzled and outraged the court. Her provocative poem Foolish Men infamously criticized sexist double standards, decrying how men corrupt women while blaming them for immorality. Despite its controversy, her work still inspired adoration, and numerous proposals. But Juana was more interested in knowledge than marriage. And in the patriarchal society of the time, there was only one place she could find it.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
sor juana 6


Important Words


  1. adolescence
  2. adoration
  3. age
  4. alternately
  5. attend
  6. attention
  7. attracted
  8. aztec
  9. begged
  10. blaming
  11. city
  12. confidence
  13. controversy
  14. corrupt
  15. court
  16. criticized
  17. dazzled
  18. debate
  19. decrying
  20. denied
  21. disguise
  22. double
  23. early
  24. education
  25. find
  26. foolish
  27. higher
  28. immorality
  29. infamously
  30. inspired
  31. intellect
  32. interested
  33. juana
  34. knowledge
  35. language
  36. latin
  37. learned
  38. library
  39. lifelong
  40. marriage
  41. mastered
  42. men
  43. mexico
  44. mother
  45. nahuatl
  46. numerous
  47. older
  48. open
  49. outraged
  50. patriarchal
  51. philosophical
  52. place
  53. plays
  54. poem
  55. poems
  56. precedent
  57. precocious
  58. private
  59. proposals
  60. provocative
  61. request
  62. royal
  63. school
  64. secretly
  65. sexist
  66. sister
  67. sixteen
  68. society
  69. solace
  70. standards
  71. time
  72. viceroy
  73. wife
  74. women
  75. work