In answer to the questions about 35 . . .
At the beginning of the passage, the author tells us that women's oral histories are seen as great way of getting a realistic view of women's lives. However, in lines 12 - 17, the author warns us to be just as careful with oral histories as with written narratives, saying that oral narratives are not any more likely to be disinterested (meaning neutral or balance, not uninterested). The author then goes on to show some of the ways in which these narratives may be shaped or distorted by outside forces. The overall point here is not that these oral histories are bad, but that they aren't necessarily more reliable than other sources of information. This matches (E), which says that the author doesn't want us to accept these narratives "less critically" than written narratives.
At the beginning of the passage, the author tells us that women's oral histories are seen as great way of getting a realistic view of women's lives. However, in lines 12 - 17, the author warns us to be just as careful with oral histories as with written narratives, saying that oral narratives are not any more likely to be disinterested (meaning neutral or balance, not uninterested). The author then goes on to show some of the ways in which these narratives may be shaped or distorted by outside forces. The overall point here is not that these oral histories are bad, but that they aren't necessarily more reliable than other sources of information. This matches (E), which says that the author doesn't want us to accept these narratives "less critically" than written narratives.