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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are women like the rich?
(a) Both are misunderstood.
(b) Both are kept from society.
(c) Both exploit others.
(d) Both are born with a set of privileges.

2. According to Wollstonecraft, what would fulfill a woman's life task?
(a) Finding a profession.
(b) Giving birth.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Instilling virtues in her children.

3. What gives man preeminence over creatures?
(a) Strength.
(b) Faith.
(c) Tools.
(d) Reason.

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

5. What type of women delight in using whatever small power they have?
(a) The uneducated.
(b) The poor.
(c) The sophisticated.
(d) The rich.

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

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

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

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

10. Which women have less morality than primitive women?
(a) Civilized.
(b) Educated.
(c) Poor.
(d) Rich.

11. What is the true foundation for morality?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Parenthood.
(c) Reason.
(d) God.

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

13. How does Wollstonecraft think boys and girls should play?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Together.
(c) Separately.
(d) Within specific age groups.

14. Who complains about the silliness of women?
(a) The poor.
(b) Men.
(c) The rich.
(d) Women.

15. Whose children's books does Wollstonecraft address in Chapter 5?
(a) The Baroness de Stael's.
(b) Mrs. Piozzi's.
(c) Madame Genlis's.
(d) Mrs. Chapone's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the character from Emilie Wollstonecraft criticizes in Chapter 5?

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

4. When it comes to relationships between men and women, who will always have the advantage?

5. What is the business of a woman's life?

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