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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Over whom doesWollstonecraft want women to have power?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Other women.
(c) Society.
(d) Men.

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

5. How are men improved?
(a) By striving for reason.
(b) By women.
(c) By virtue.
(d) By faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Rousseau and Dr. Gregory make women appear?

2. How do men attain regal status?

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

4. What does Wollstonecraft want women to acquire?

5. What type of women delight in using whatever small power they have?

(see the answer key)

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