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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only pursuit women are taught to have?
(a) The arts.
(b) The attainment of beauty.
(c) Motherhood.
(d) They are not taught any pursuit.

2. For what kind of learning are women ridiculed?
(a) Relational learning.
(b) Investigative learning.
(c) Rote learning.
(d) Associative learning.

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

4. According to Chapter 6, what has a determinate effect on women's characters?
(a) Religious upbringing.
(b) Formal education.
(c) Early associations and ideas.
(d) Husband.

5. What is the true foundation for morality?
(a) God.
(b) Reason.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Parenthood.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wollstonecraft, what would fulfill a woman's life task?

2. What should men and women attain in the same way?

3. What happens when women are prevented from having experiences and endeavors?

4. What do meek wives desire, according to Wollstonecraft?

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

(see the answer key)

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