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

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

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

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

5. What reason is there to obey a parent only because they are a parent?
(a) Out of a sense of duty.
(b) In order to submit to society's norms.
(c) There is no reason.
(d) In order to have financial support.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What can happen if a woman loves her children only out of a sense of duty or because they are her own children?

4. What types of people does Wollstonecraft criticize in the first section of Chapter 13?

5. Where does Wollstonecraft say there is little true heroism found anymore?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does society expect men and women to keep their passions in check?

2. How does Wollstonecraft explain modesty?

3. What is the focus of virtue for women, according to Wollstonecraft? How can women behave if they attain that virtue?

4. Explain what happens to children who are raised by parents who work from the heart and an understanding of the child?

5. What does Wollstonecraft say happens to boys who attend religious schools?

6. Why does Wollstonecraft advocate national schools, according to the end of Chapter 12?

7. What does Wollstonecraft say religion must be based on in the first section of Chapter 13?

8. Describe the reciprocal duty Wollstonecraft explains in Chapter 11.

9. What women are most respected in society? Why?

10. What kind of education does Wollstonecraft support at the beginning of Chapter 12? Why?

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