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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Wollstonecraft say God intended mankind to live after the Fall?
(a) In communities.
(b) In solitude.
(c) As polygamists.
(d) In individual family units.

2. What author does Wollstonecraft speak the most highly of in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. Piozzi.
(b) Mrs. Macauley.
(c) Mrs. Shelley.
(d) Mrs. Chapone.

3. What do kings naturally desire?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Money.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Education.

4. What parents are able to extort a great deal of respect from their children?
(a) Parents of high rank.
(b) Loving parents.
(c) Strict parents.
(d) Indolent parents of high rank.

5. What is the business of a woman's life?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Motherhood.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which women have less morality than primitive women?

2. What virtue does Wollstonecraft describe as a kind of self-abasement?

3. What does Wollstonecraft think should happen to men who ruin women?

4. What type of people ignores their health in pursuit of their calling?

5. What is the most important aspect in attaining rank and class, according to Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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