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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gives man preeminence over creatures?
(a) Faith.
(b) Strength.
(c) Reason.
(d) Tools.

2. What has reason been mixed with over the course of mankind?
(a) Intuition.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Faith.
(d) Error.

3. What does Wollstonecraft say “warps the understanding” and thwarts civilization's progress?
(a) Men.
(b) Faith.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Education.

4. What does Wollstonecraft say is inferior to virtue?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Elegance.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Reason.

5. Who has written instructional books that treat women as subordinate?
(a) Men.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Women.
(d) Church authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do women's opinions waver?

2. Which women in society have the most virtue, according to Wollstonecraft?

3. What does woman's inferior strength keep them from attaining?

4. Which women have less morality than primitive women?

5. What kind of women does society speak out against?

(see the answer key)

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