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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, according to Some Thoughts Concerning Education, may contribute to the weakness of women?
(a) Their dependence on their families.
(b) Their desire to get married.
(c) Their lack of education.
(d) Their physical beauty.

2. What subject do women shy away from reading?
(a) Theology.
(b) History.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Poetry.

3. What can be harmful to the growth of parental affection, according to Chapter 10?
(a) Boarding school.
(b) The use of a nurse.
(c) Live-in servants.
(d) Governesses

4. At what age does Wollstonecraft think children should be separated between trade schools and schools that teach humanities?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Nine.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can a woman's behavior and reputation undermine, according to Wollstonecraft?

2. What does a woman need to be a good mother?

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

4. What does Wollstonecraft say women want?

5. Where do some women who do not love their husbands fix their attention?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is modesty? Why is it important, according to Wollstonecraft?

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

3. Where does Wollstonecraft believe education should start?

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

5. How does Wollstonecraft explain modesty?

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

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

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

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

10. How do the duties of women contribute to their behavior in marriages?

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