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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft say offers a great advantage in forming women's characters?
(a) Acquiring knowledge.
(b) First impressions.
(c) Social interactions.
(d) Religious upbringing.

2. When does character formation occur?
(a) At the onset of adulthood.
(b) During adolescence.
(c) Early in childhood.
(d) The age range was not known during the 18th century.

3. What can happen if a woman loves her children only out of a sense of duty or because they are her own children?
(a) Problems can arise.
(b) Nothing harmful.
(c) Fathers can take on the role of the mother.
(d) The children can take on the role of the parents.

4. What do meek wives desire, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) The respect of their peers.
(b) Their husband's approval.
(c) Their children's love.
(d) Confidence.

5. How do women react to what they see and hear?
(a) Associations call up emotions.
(b) They react in the way their husbands or fathers instruct them to.
(c) They do not initially react.
(d) They react in a way that takes advantage of the situation to their benefits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do women shy away from when it comes to men?

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

3. What does a man who exercises absolute power lose?

4. What type of women delight in using whatever small power they have?

5. When it comes to relationships between men and women, who will always have the advantage?

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