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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do women not indulge in, according to Chapter 8?
(a) Platitudes.
(b) Niceties.
(c) Manners.
(d) Truths.

2. Which women in society have the most virtue, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Rich women.
(c) Educated women.
(d) Poor women.

3. What is the name of the character from Emilie Wollstonecraft criticizes in Chapter 5?
(a) Nicole.
(b) Sophia.
(c) Lilly.
(d) Rene.

4. What is the source of reason?
(a) The Creator.
(b) Education.
(c) Relationships.
(d) Society.

5. What does Wollstonecraft doubt about chastity?
(a) That it actually produces modesty.
(b) That there is anything more than chastity.
(c) That anyone is ever truly chaste.
(d) That it is a virtue unto itself.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a woman’s second duty?

3. What does reason have little sway over, according to Chapter 6?

4. For what kind of learning are women ridiculed?

5. What effect do men and circumstances have on women, according to Wollstonecraft?

(see the answer key)

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