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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do kings naturally desire?
(a) Education.
(b) Money.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Marriage.

2. What kind of women does society speak out against?
(a) Feminine women.
(b) Masculine women.
(c) Women who choose not to marry.
(d) Women who work outside their homes.

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

4. How does Wollstonecraft say God intended mankind to live after the Fall?
(a) As polygamists.
(b) In individual family units.
(c) In communities.
(d) In solitude.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Wollstonecraft want to appeal?

3. Who has written instructional books that treat women as subordinate?

4. How do men attain regal status?

5. Who argues that man is a solitary animal?

(see the answer key)

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