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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 call for to reform women's manners?
(a) Understanding from men.
(b) Finishing schools.
(c) A revolution.
(d) A reform of education.

2. What women develop an over-fondness for dress?
(a) Savages as well as civilized women.
(b) Rich women.
(c) The uneducated.
(d) Servants.

3. What does Rousseau say is required of girls for them to be thought beautiful?
(a) They must have children.
(b) They must be kept under constant and severe restraint in their bodies and minds.
(c) They must be married.
(d) They must not be educated.

4. What is the term that describes parents caring for children while they are young and children in turn caring for parents when they are elderly?
(a) Familial duty.
(b) Duty to parents.
(c) Filial duty.
(d) Reciprocal duty.

5. What does Wollstonecraft address in Chapter 7?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Courting.
(c) Modesty.
(d) Decency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft say children cannot be taught too early?

2. What is the source of reason?

3. What does parental affection lead to?

4. What should passion subside into in order for a couple to be happy?

5. What does Wollstonecraft say is inferior to virtue?

(see the answer key)

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