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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should passion subside into in order for a couple to be happy?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Trust.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) Respect.

2. What makes Rousseau think women should be weaker and more passive than men?
(a) Tradition.
(b) Their physical inferiority.
(c) Evidence from the Bible.
(d) Their lack of motivation.

3. In Chapter 6, what does Wollstonecraft say is the only thing that can bring independence and freedom?
(a) Reason.
(b) Faith.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Friendship.

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

5. What do many women not exercise, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) Their own minds.
(b) Intellectual conversation.
(c) Restraint.
(d) Their bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing women are taught to be proud of?

2. Which of Rousseau's characters does Wollstonecraft criticize?

3. What do women not indulge in, according to Chapter 8?

4. What does Rousseau say is required of girls for them to be thought beautiful?

5. How does Wollstonecraft say God intended mankind to live after the Fall?

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