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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT true of women's education, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) It is random.
(b) It is regimented.
(c) It is fragmented.
(d) It is disorganized.

2. What does a man who exercises absolute power lose?
(a) His reputation.
(b) His family.
(c) His faith.
(d) His humanity.

3. What happens when women are prevented from having experiences and endeavors?
(a) They lose their free will.
(b) Virtues do not form.
(c) They become immoral.
(d) They become hermits.

4. What women are too weak and artificial for the author to address in her work?
(a) Poor women.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Women of the Church.
(d) Rich women.

5. How should education be supplemented?
(a) With faith.
(b) With society in which people live.
(c) With public debate.
(d) With individual study.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who argues that man is a solitary animal?

2. What causes error and evil?

3. Why are the women whom Wollstonecraft knows miserable?

4. How do Rousseau and Dr. Gregory make women appear?

5. How does Wollstonecraft try to address women, according to the Introduction?

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