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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 reason have little sway over, according to Chapter 6?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Spiritual experiences.
(c) Prejudices.
(d) Quick associations.

2. From where does true beauty arise, according to Chapter 6?
(a) The heart.
(b) Understanding.
(c) The mind.
(d) Companionship.

3. What do meek wives desire, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) Their husband's approval.
(b) Their children's love.
(c) Confidence.
(d) The respect of their peers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What clouds reason, according to Wollstonecraft?

2. Whose letters does Wollstonecraft address at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What does Rousseau say is required of girls for them to be thought beautiful?

4. Over whom doesWollstonecraft want women to have power?

5. How do men attain regal status?

(see the answer key)

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