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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does section three of Chapter 13 address?
(a) Child rearing.
(b) Women's fondness for their outward appearance.
(c) Women's fondness for poetry.
(d) Men's fondness for women's outward appearance.

3. What does Wollstonecraft say women want?
(a) To be ladies.
(b) To be equals.
(c) To be married.
(d) To be mothers.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What kind of governing can parents tend to, according to Chapter 10?
(a) Loving.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Balanced.
(d) Tyrannical.

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

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

12. What does Wollstonecraft doubt about chastity?
(a) That it actually produces modesty.
(b) That it is a virtue unto itself.
(c) That anyone is ever truly chaste.
(d) That there is anything more than chastity.

13. What is woman's only duty to fulfill?
(a) Attractiveness.
(b) Humility.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Marriage.

14. What does Wollstonecraft think of women being closed up in convents and boarding schools?
(a) She objects.
(b) She sees the benefits, but it is risky.
(c) She supports it.
(d) Policies need to be reformed.

15. From where does a lot of the misery of the world stem?
(a) Lack of reason.
(b) Negligence of children.
(c) Parental negligence.
(d) Immorality.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the title of Chapter 10 refer?

2. What, according to Some Thoughts Concerning Education, may contribute to the weakness of women?

3. What is the best educational situation, according to Wollstonecraft?

4. According to Wollstonecraft, what is the only virtue given attention?

5. How can children be encouraged to think on their own?

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