In English, if the question was "To what extent...?", how do you answer it?

Question

If the question was "To what extent...?", how do you answer it? For example, if the question was "To what extent did the women affect the progressive movement?", how would you answer it?

Answer 1

Think "How much" when you see the expression "To what extent." What the question is asking is "How much was the progressive movement affected by women?" (In other words, "Was the progressive movement entirely the advancement of women socially and economically, or were there other aspects, or parts, of the progressive movement that did not specifically deal only with women's rights?")

Answer 2

I think questions like your EXAMPLE (not YOUR question) are dumb. It is asking for a measurement of something for which there can be no measurement. I usually answer : 54

However, that smart *** answer will probably get you an F. So, if you are going to take this dumb question seriously answer it with something like Women had a very significant impact on the progressive movement....or had only a minimal impact on the progressive movement... and then add a few sentences about what specifically women did in the progressive movement.

Answer 3

To what extent really just means 'how much'. No idea what the progressive movement is so can't answer the rest of your question, sorry!

Answer 4

Start by restating the question in answer form. for example...

"Women affected the progressive movement surreptitiously through their use of the clandestine...blah blah blah"

got it?

Answer 5

You might answer "...in several ways..."; "to an enormous extent." Things of that nature.

Answer 6

You answer it "to when did it end"

Such as "They brought rights to women in the voting booth, and made men recognize them as equals (and that's all , no more than that) "