A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are men improved?
(a) By faith.
(b) By striving for reason.
(c) By virtue.
(d) By women.

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

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

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

5. What women are too weak and artificial for the author to address in her work?
(a) Poor women.
(b) Rich women.
(c) Women of the Church.
(d) Mothers.

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

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

8. What usually happens to any amount of power a woman gets?
(a) It grows.
(b) It fades away.
(c) It is an illusion.
(d) It is taken away.

9. What do kings naturally desire?
(a) Education.
(b) Flattery.
(c) Money.
(d) Marriage.

10. Women are slaves to _______________.
(a) Positive impressions.
(b) They are often neutral to impressions.
(c) First impressions.
(d) Negative impressions.

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

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

13. What does reason have little sway over, according to Chapter 6?
(a) Prejudices.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Quick associations.
(d) Spiritual experiences.

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

15. What is the only pursuit women are taught to have?
(a) Motherhood.
(b) The attainment of beauty.
(c) The arts.
(d) They are not taught any pursuit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who argues that man is a solitary animal?

2. Why does Wollstonecraft not want to address every author who subjugates women?

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

4. What author does Wollstonecraft speak the most highly of in Chapter 5?

5. In what state are women kept?

(see the answer keys)

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