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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What clouds reason, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Love.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Faith.

2. According to Wollstonecraft, what would fulfill a woman's life task?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Instilling virtues in her children.
(c) Giving birth.
(d) Finding a profession.

3. What type of people ignores their health in pursuit of their calling?
(a) Religious men and women.
(b) The poor.
(c) People of genius.
(d) Mothers.

4. What is the only thing women are taught to be proud of?
(a) Their husbands.
(b) Their beauty.
(c) Their communities.
(d) Their children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft say “warps the understanding” and thwarts civilization's progress?

2. Which of the following is NOT true of women's education, according to Wollstonecraft?

3. What kind of women does society speak out against?

4. What makes men naturally superior to women?

5. What does Wollstonecraft say is inferior to virtue?

(see the answer key)

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