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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What types of people does Wollstonecraft criticize in the first section of Chapter 13?
(a) Novelists.
(b) Men.
(c) Those who predict the future with astrology.
(d) Women who teach other women to remain oppressed.

3. Into how many sections is Chapter 13 divided?
(a) Four.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

4. From where do the duties of women come, according to Chapter 11?
(a) A sense of duty.
(b) The desire to please.
(c) A woman's father.
(d) A sense of propriety.

5. What subject do women shy away from reading?
(a) History.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Theology.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft think of women being closed up in convents and boarding schools?

2. What, according to Some Thoughts Concerning Education, may contribute to the weakness of women?

3. What would happen if women were treated like boys in terms of fear and emotional displays?

4. How do women whose duties come from a sense of propriety often behave in their own marriages?

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

(see the answer key)

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