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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who has written instructional books that treat women as subordinate?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Church authorities.

4. How do love and arbitrary passion reign?
(a) By reason.
(b) By faith.
(c) By their own authority.
(d) By intuition.

5. Who complains about the silliness of women?
(a) Men.
(b) The rich.
(c) Women.
(d) The poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Some Thoughts Concerning Education?

2. How do women whose duties come from a sense of propriety often behave in their own marriages?

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

4. What does Wollstonecraft say about love?

5. To what does Wollstonecraft compare women's education?

(see the answer key)

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