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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only pursuit women are taught to have?
(a) Motherhood.
(b) They are not taught any pursuit.
(c) The arts.
(d) The attainment of beauty.

2. What has reason been mixed with over the course of mankind?
(a) Intuition.
(b) Faith.
(c) Error.
(d) Prejudice.

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

4. What happens when women are prevented from having experiences and endeavors?
(a) They become immoral.
(b) Virtues do not form.
(c) They lose their free will.
(d) They become hermits.

5. What does Wollstonecraft say “warps the understanding” and thwarts civilization's progress?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Education.
(c) Men.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area does Wollstonecraft concede men's superiority?

2. What makes men naturally superior to women?

3. Why are the women whom Wollstonecraft knows miserable?

4. What does Wollstonecraft call for to reform women's manners?

5. What kind of women does society speak out against?

(see the answer key)

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