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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first author Wollstonecraft addresses in Chapter 5?
(a) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
(b) John Locke.
(c) Jasper Forde.
(d) Dr. Gregory.

2. Where must virtuous beings derive their virtue?
(a) God.
(b) Reason.
(c) Communities.
(d) Families.

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

4. In what area does Wollstonecraft concede men's superiority?
(a) Physical strength.
(b) Understanding Scriptures.
(c) Reason.
(d) Conversational skills.

5. What gives man preeminence over creatures?
(a) Reason.
(b) Tools.
(c) Strength.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft think of the idea of a coquette as natural?

2. For what kind of learning are women ridiculed?

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

4. What does Rousseau say is required of girls for them to be thought beautiful?

5. What other genre of writing by Dr. Fordyce is popular, according to Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irony does Wollstonecraft present in Chapter 2 in men's view of women? What kind of irony is this?

2. What does Wollstonecraft say she is pessimistic about in the Introduction? What effect does she see as a result?

3. Why does Wollstonecraft not blame women for falling for a rake?

4. How are women made weak, according to the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What does Wollstonecraft say about love in Chapter 4? What does she say is better than love?

6. Why does Wollstonecraft ask for forgiveness in her Introduction?

7. Explain what Wollstonecraft says about people of genius in Chapter 3.

8. What does Wollstonecraft say she is going to start with in Chapter 1?

9. How do instructional books written by men treat women?

10. What do women believe about religion, according to Chapter 3?

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