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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession is “incompatible with freedom?”
(a) Beggar.
(b) A standing army.
(c) Any kind of office job.
(d) Royalty.

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

3. Wollstonecraft hopes that _____________will forgive her.
(a) God.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

4. What do most women rely on instead of education?
(a) Their fathers.
(b) Their skills.
(c) Their faith.
(d) Their beauty.

5. What forms, to some degree, man's character?
(a) His outward appearance.
(b) His profession.
(c) His family.
(d) His faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft say “warps the understanding” and thwarts civilization's progress?

2. How does Wollstonecraft say God intended mankind to live after the Fall?

3. How does Wollstonecraft try to address women, according to the Introduction?

4. What does Wollstonecraft say is inferior to virtue?

5. How do men attain regal status?

(see the answer key)

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