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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What reason is there to obey a parent only because they are a parent?
(a) Out of a sense of duty.
(b) In order to have financial support.
(c) In order to submit to society's norms.
(d) There is no reason.

3. How are women like the rich?
(a) Both are misunderstood.
(b) Both are kept from society.
(c) Both are born with a set of privileges.
(d) Both exploit others.

4. What does Wollstonecraft say is inferior to virtue?
(a) Reason.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Elegance.

5. To where are women confined, according to Chapter 9?
(a) The church and the home.
(b) Their private sphere.
(c) Their town.
(d) Their minds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can a woman's behavior and reputation undermine, according to Wollstonecraft?

2. What causes women to be either fine ladies or effective housewives?

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

4. What takes the place of woman's senses as her character is formed?

5. What profession is “incompatible with freedom?”

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