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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What type of people ignores their health in pursuit of their calling?
(a) The poor.
(b) People of genius.
(c) Religious men and women.
(d) Mothers.

4. What author does Wollstonecraft speak the most highly of in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. Macauley.
(b) Mrs. Piozzi.
(c) Mrs. Shelley.
(d) Mrs. Chapone.

5. What do most women rely on instead of education?
(a) Their beauty.
(b) Their skills.
(c) Their faith.
(d) Their fathers.

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

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

8. In what area does Wollstonecraft concede men's superiority?
(a) Conversational skills.
(b) Understanding Scriptures.
(c) Physical strength.
(d) Reason.

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

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

11. Which of the following is NOT a focus of women's education?
(a) Trying to get married.
(b) Perfecting their beauty.
(c) Producing silly women.
(d) Trade skills.

12. Why are the women whom Wollstonecraft knows miserable?
(a) Their educations have been neglected.
(b) Their husbands are all away at war.
(c) They are forced to work outside their homes.
(d) Their marriages were arranged.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do love and arbitrary passion reign?

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

3. What should woman be willing to sacrifice in order to be agreeable to man?

4. What is the true foundation for morality?

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

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