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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 do women not indulge in, according to Chapter 8?
(a) Platitudes.
(b) Manners.
(c) Niceties.
(d) Truths.
2. How are the husbands of meek wives portrayed?
(a) As guides.
(b) As lions.
(c) As scarecrows.
(d) As wizards.
3. What does Wollstonecraft conclude would happen if women were given more freedom?
(a) They would be better wives.
(b) They would be better mothers.
(c) Little would change.
(d) They would be better citizens.
4. What virtue does Wollstonecraft describe as a kind of self-abasement?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Reason.
(c) Humility.
(d) Faith.
5. What does Wollstonecraft say about vain men?
(a) They are timid.
(b) They are passionate.
(c) They are presumptuous.
(d) They are steady.
Short Answer Questions
1. From where must a parent work in order to gain the correct type of affection from a child, according to Wollstonecraft?
2. Who can get away with falling into sexual immorality?
3. What kind of example do most mothers set for their children?
4. What women develop an over-fondness for dress?
5. What does Wollstonecraft say women want?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Wollstonecraft order women's duties in society?
2. What is modesty? Why is it important, according to Wollstonecraft?
3. What does Wollstonecraft say about sex in Chapter 8?
4. Describe the reciprocal duty Wollstonecraft explains in Chapter 11.
5. How do women treat their children, according to Wollstonecraft? Why?
6. How does society expect men and women to keep their passions in check?
7. What leads women to the romantic, sentimental twists of the mind, according to the second section of Chapter 13? What solution does Wollstonecraft offer?
8. Why does Wollstonecraft advocate national schools, according to the end of Chapter 12?
9. Why does Wollstonecraft think it is worse for a married woman than a single woman to have an affair?
10. What does Wollstonecraft say happens to boys who attend religious schools?
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