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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When it comes to relationships between men and women, who will always have the advantage?
(a) Societal pressures.
(b) The rake.
(c) The man.
(d) The woman.

3. What does Wollstonecraft want women to acquire?
(a) Power.
(b) Strength.
(c) Faith.
(d) Money.

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

5. What gives man preeminence over creatures?
(a) Faith.
(b) Strength.
(c) Tools.
(d) Reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which women in society have the most virtue, according to Wollstonecraft?

2. What is the most important aspect in attaining rank and class, according to Chapter 9?

3. What kind of mothers do meek wives make?

4. What does woman's inferior strength keep them from attaining?

5. What other genre of writing by Dr. Fordyce is popular, according to Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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