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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From whom do women want respect, according to Wollstonecraft and Rousseau?
(a) Other women.
(b) The world.
(c) God.
(d) their fathers.

3. In what state are women kept?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Grace.

4. Why does Rousseau think girls should have as little liberty as possible?
(a) They have nothing to do that requires it.
(b) They will indulge it.
(c) It is ordained this way by God.
(d) They do not have the intellect to understand liberty.

5. To whom does Rousseau's argument about virtue apply?
(a) Women.
(b) The rich.
(c) Children.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft say should be the focus of public education?

2. What are the only professions available to women?

3. What is the most important aspect in attaining rank and class, according to Chapter 9?

4. What would happen if women were treated like boys in terms of fear and emotional displays?

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

(see the answer key)

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