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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft say would be one measure of success for her educational system?
(a) The ability to hold intellectual conversations.
(b) The pursuit of professions.
(c) Compassion for animals.
(d) Compassion for children.

2. What will teach girls the lessons they will practice on their husbands?
(a) The relationship between their own parents.
(b) Their upbringing.
(c) Their faith in God.
(d) Their relationship with their father.

3. What does Wollstonecraft conclude would happen if women were given more freedom?
(a) Little would change.
(b) They would be better wives.
(c) They would be better mothers.
(d) They would be better citizens.

4. How does Wollstonecraft say women should wash and dress, regardless of rank?
(a) In pairs.
(b) In groups.
(c) Alone.
(d) Chastely.

5. Who wrote Some Thoughts Concerning Education?
(a) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Mary Wollstonecraft.

6. What does Wollstonecraft say about vain men?
(a) They are steady.
(b) They are passionate.
(c) They are presumptuous.
(d) They are timid.

7. What can happen if a woman loves her children only out of a sense of duty or because they are her own children?
(a) The children can take on the role of the parents.
(b) Fathers can take on the role of the mother.
(c) Nothing harmful.
(d) Problems can arise.

8. What do meek wives desire, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) Their children's love.
(b) Confidence.
(c) The respect of their peers.
(d) Their husband's approval.

9. What does Wollstonecraft say about modest men?
(a) They are steady.
(b) They are presumptuous.
(c) They are passionate.
(d) They are timid.

10. What does modesty need to be distinguished from, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) Faith.
(b) Vanity.
(c) Humility.
(d) Reason.

11. What is the best educational situation, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) Individual education.
(b) Religious schools.
(c) Country day schools.
(d) Boarding schools.

12. Who must work to cultivate chastity, modesty, and public spirit, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) All mankind.
(b) Men.
(c) Educators.
(d) Women.

13. What does Wollstonecraft think about the old principles and ways of doing things in regards to parenting?
(a) She hates them.
(b) She disagrees, but sees the value.
(c) She supports them.
(d) She feels the need to do more research before forming an opinion.

14. What does Wollstonecraft see as a solution to the disadvantages of both private and public schools?
(a) Root them in religion.
(b) Blend them.
(c) Eliminate all systems and restart from scratch.
(d) Secularize them.

15. What is the most important aspect in attaining rank and class, according to Chapter 9?
(a) Geography.
(b) Education.
(c) Birthright.
(d) Property.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be harmful to the growth of parental affection, according to Chapter 10?

2. What causes mothers to run into the extremes in their parenting?

3. What often happens to boys who attend religious schools?

4. What does Wollstonecraft say children cannot be taught too early?

5. What does Wollstonecraft discuss the effects of in Chapter 9?

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