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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Wollstonecraft say is inferior to virtue?
(a) Intellect.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Reason.
(d) Elegance.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What women are too weak and artificial for the author to address in her work?

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

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

4. Why are the women whom Wollstonecraft knows miserable?

5. According to Wollstonecraft, to what might the questions she asks lead?

(see the answer key)

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