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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the character from Emilie Wollstonecraft criticizes in Chapter 5?
(a) Lilly.
(b) Sophia.
(c) Nicole.
(d) Rene.

4. What profession is “incompatible with freedom?”
(a) A standing army.
(b) Beggar.
(c) Any kind of office job.
(d) Royalty.

5. In Chapter 6, what does Wollstonecraft say is the only thing that can bring independence and freedom?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Reason.
(d) Faith.

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

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

8. What should woman be willing to sacrifice in order to be agreeable to man?
(a) All of her possessions.
(b) Every bodily comfort.
(c) Her life.
(d) Her family.

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

10. What does Wollstonecraft say is inferior to virtue?
(a) Elegance.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Reason.
(d) Marriage.

11. What is the title of the work by Dr. Gregory Wollstonecraft that he addresses in Chapter 5?
(a) On the Education of Daughters.
(b) Legacy to His Daughters.
(c) Raising Women.
(d) Emilie.

12. Why does Rousseau think religion should be taken away from woman?
(a) All she needs to know is taught to her in childhood.
(b) A man should explain it to her.
(c) All she needs to know about religion is that God's will states she is inferior.
(d) Religious freedom may lead her to want additional liberties.

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

14. What clouds reason, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) Faith.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Love.

15. What happens when women are prevented from having experiences and endeavors?
(a) They become hermits.
(b) They lose their free will.
(c) Virtues do not form.
(d) They become immoral.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Rousseau's characters does Wollstonecraft criticize?

2. Who argues that man is a solitary animal?

3. Over whom doesWollstonecraft want women to have power?

4. Why are the women whom Wollstonecraft knows miserable?

5. What other genre of writing by Dr. Fordyce is popular, according to Chapter 5?

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