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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Wollstonecraft want to appeal?
(a) The lower class.
(b) Men.
(c) The middle class.
(d) The upper class.

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

3. According to Wollstonecraft, to what might the questions she asks lead?
(a) Crises of faith.
(b) Divorce.
(c) More questions.
(d) Truths.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a focus of women's education?

2. Who argues that man is a solitary animal?

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

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

5. What gives man preeminence over creatures?

(see the answer key)

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