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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a woman need to be a good mother?
(a) Independence of the mind.
(b) A kind husband.
(c) The freedom to do as she wishes.
(d) Financial security.

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

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

4. 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) Reciprocal duty.
(b) Familial duty.
(c) Duty to parents.
(d) Filial duty.

5. From where must a parent work in order to gain the correct type of affection from a child, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) The heart.
(b) Society.
(c) The mind.
(d) The rod.

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. How are the husbands of meek wives portrayed?
(a) As guides.
(b) As wizards.
(c) As scarecrows.
(d) As lions.

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

9. Where does Wollstonecraft say there is little true heroism found anymore?
(a) Parliament.
(b) The private sector.
(c) The community.
(d) The military.

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

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

12. What are women taught to develop from a very early age?
(a) Artificial behavior.
(b) Proper protocols.
(c) Social niceties.
(d) Manners.

13. What does Wollstonecraft address in the fifth section of Chapter 13?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Parenting.
(c) Early education for children.
(d) Friendship.

14. What kind of mothers do meek wives make?
(a) Foolish.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Caring.
(d) Unnatural.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does section three of Chapter 13 address?

2. What must women avoid in order to bring modest out of chastity?

3. What does Wollstonecraft conclude about women who are the most modest?

4. What virtue does Wollstonecraft describe as a kind of self-abasement?

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

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