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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Some Thoughts Concerning Education, may contribute to the weakness of women?
(a) Their physical beauty.
(b) Their lack of education.
(c) Their desire to get married.
(d) Their dependence on their families.

2. What is a woman’s first duty?
(a) As a wife.
(b) As a citizen.
(c) As a mother.
(d) As a rational being.

3. What takes the place of woman's senses as her character is formed?
(a) Social niceties.
(b) Intellectual pursuits.
(c) The quest for beauty.
(d) Their passions.

4. What causes women to become selfish, according to the fourth section of Chapter 13?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Children.
(d) Over-fondness of dress.

5. What does Wollstonecraft conclude about women who are the most modest?
(a) They have improved their minds the least.
(b) They are the most rational.
(c) They are the least rational.
(d) They have improved their minds the most.

6. From whom do women want respect, according to Wollstonecraft and Rousseau?
(a) their fathers.
(b) God.
(c) The world.
(d) Other women.

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

8. What do men think of chastity?
(a) They see it as a duty.
(b) They are indifferent toward it.
(c) They despise it.
(d) They prize it.

9. What is the term that describes parents caring for children while they are young and children in turn caring for parents when they are elderly?
(a) Familial duty.
(b) Reciprocal duty.
(c) Duty to parents.
(d) Filial duty.

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

11. Into how many sections is Chapter 13 divided?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

12. What can a woman's behavior and reputation undermine, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) Her family's morality.
(b) Her rationality.
(c) Her husband's morality.
(d) Her morality.

13. What does Wollstonecraft say should be the focus of public education?
(a) Forming citizens.
(b) Keeping children off the streets during the day.
(c) Providing a religious foundation for children.
(d) Preparing children to function in the world.

14. What does Wollstonecraft say modesty is NOT, according to Chapter 7?
(a) Attainable.
(b) A quality.
(c) A mean.
(d) A virtue.

15. To what does the title of Chapter 10 refer?
(a) Affection given to parents by their children.
(b) Affection given to parents by society.
(c) Affection given to parents by other parents.
(d) Affection parents give their children.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what would women progress if they were given the same fundamental rights and freedoms as men?

2. What does Wollstonecraft say about vain men?

3. In what educational situation do children not learn ingenuity of thought?

4. What subject do women shy away from reading?

5. What does Wollstonecraft doubt about chastity?

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