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1. 1.

   What was the bad aspect of the old system?

2. 2.

   What were the hurdles faced by Rassundari Devi in learning to read and write?

3. 3.

   What did she do with the detached sheet of Chaitanya Bhagavata?

4. 4.

   "Wasn't it a matter to be regretted, that I had to go through all this humiliation just because I was a woman?" What does she mean by 'all this humiliation'?

5. 5.

   Rassundari Devi witnessed a change in the social altitude towards women's education in her lifetime. Identify lines in the text which indicate that change?

6. 6.

   Write a brief character sketch of Rassundari Devi.