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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who argues that man is a solitary animal?
(a) Dr. Gregory.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Milton.

2. What causes error and evil?
(a) Poor education.
(b) Free will.
(c) Men.
(d) Women.

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

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

5. In what area does Wollstonecraft concede men's superiority?
(a) Reason.
(b) Understanding Scriptures.
(c) Physical strength.
(d) Conversational skills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forms, to some degree, man's character?

2. Why are the women whom Wollstonecraft knows miserable?

3. What do kings naturally desire?

4. What do most women rely on instead of education?

5. What has reason been mixed with over the course of mankind?

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