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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft think about the old principles and ways of doing things in regards to parenting?

2. What does virtue need to develop, according to Wollstonecraft?

3. From where does a lot of the misery of the world stem?

4. What often happens to boys who attend religious schools?

5. What kind of governing can parents tend to, according to Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Wollstonecraft think it is worse for a married woman than a single woman to have an affair?

2. What makes women careless or unnatural mothers, according to Wollstonecraft?

3. Where does Wollstonecraft believe education should start?

4. What does Wollstonecraft say about sex in Chapter 8?

5. What women are most respected in society? Why?

6. Explain how parents govern their children, according to the beginning of Chapter 10?

7. How do women learn to behave as wives, according to Chapter 11?

8. How do the duties of women contribute to their behavior in marriages?

9. What is the focus of Chapter 9?

10. Give two of Wollstonecraft’s concluding remarks.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the follies Wollstonecraft addresses in Chapter 13 of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. What are the follies she addresses? Why are they harmful to women? What, if any, solutions does she offer to combat them?

Essay Topic 2

Define theme. Identify at least one theme addressed in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. How does Wollstonecraft address this theme? Is it effective? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Wollstonecraft's plan to improve education as it is described in Chapter 11. Explain the education she has planned for each age group. Why does she make this proposal for an education system?

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