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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What usually happens to any amount of power a woman gets?
(a) It is an illusion.
(b) It grows.
(c) It is taken away.
(d) It fades away.

2. According to Wollstonecraft, what would fulfill a woman's life task?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Finding a profession.
(c) Giving birth.
(d) Instilling virtues in her children.

3. Why do women's opinions waver?
(a) They waver with the acquisition of knowledge.
(b) They have contradictory emotions.
(c) They seek to please others above all else.
(d) They listen to men's opinions.

4. What type of women delight in using whatever small power they have?
(a) The rich.
(b) The sophisticated.
(c) The poor.
(d) The uneducated.

5. Which of Rousseau's characters does Wollstonecraft criticize?
(a) Lillie.
(b) Nicole.
(c) Emilie.
(d) Sophia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession is “incompatible with freedom?”

2. How are men improved?

3. What does a man who exercises absolute power lose?

4. To whom does Rousseau's argument about virtue apply?

5. What do most women rely on instead of education?

(see the answer key)

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