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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when women are prevented from having experiences and endeavors?
(a) Virtues do not form.
(b) They become hermits.
(c) They lose their free will.
(d) They become immoral.

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

3. How are the husbands of meek wives portrayed?
(a) As scarecrows.
(b) As wizards.
(c) As lions.
(d) As guides.

4. What does parental affection lead to?
(a) Cooperation.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Rational adults.
(d) Filial duty.

5. What can be harmful to the growth of parental affection, according to Chapter 10?
(a) Boarding school.
(b) Governesses
(c) Live-in servants.
(d) The use of a nurse.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 6, what has a determinate effect on women's characters?

2. What does a woman need to be a good mother?

3. What can happen if a woman loves her children only out of a sense of duty or because they are her own children?

4. In Chapter 6, what does Wollstonecraft say is the only thing that can bring independence and freedom?

5. What does reason have little sway over, according to Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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