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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do women shy away from when it comes to men?
(a) Their parents' advice.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Physical appearance.

2. Where must virtuous beings derive their virtue?
(a) Communities.
(b) Families.
(c) Reason.
(d) God.

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

4. How do love and arbitrary passion reign?
(a) By their own authority.
(b) By intuition.
(c) By reason.
(d) By faith.

5. When it comes to relationships between men and women, who will always have the advantage?
(a) Societal pressures.
(b) The man.
(c) The rake.
(d) The woman.

6. Which of Rousseau's characters does Wollstonecraft criticize?
(a) Sophia.
(b) Lillie.
(c) Nicole.
(d) Emilie.

7. How does Wollstonecraft try to address women, according to the Introduction?
(a) On an emotional level.
(b) With metaphors.
(c) As rational beings.
(d) Plainly.

8. According to Wollstonecraft, to what might the questions she asks lead?
(a) Truths.
(b) Crises of faith.
(c) Divorce.
(d) More questions.

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

10. What other genre of writing by Dr. Fordyce is popular, according to Chapter 5?
(a) Sermons.
(b) Essays.
(c) Novels.
(d) Speeches.

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

12. What causes error and evil?
(a) Free will.
(b) Men.
(c) Poor education.
(d) Women.

13. Wollstonecraft hopes that _____________will forgive her.
(a) God.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Her husband.

14. Who has written instructional books that treat women as subordinate?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Church authorities.

15. Who is the first author Wollstonecraft addresses in Chapter 5?
(a) Dr. Gregory.
(b) John Locke.
(c) Jasper Forde.
(d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession is “incompatible with freedom?”

2. Which women have less morality than primitive women?

3. What is the title of the work by Dr. Gregory Wollstonecraft that he addresses in Chapter 5?

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

5. What does Wollstonecraft say offers a great advantage in forming women's characters?

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