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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. To what would women progress if they were given the same fundamental rights and freedoms as men?
(a) Ideal motherhood.
(b) Perfection.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Knowledge.

2. What must women avoid in order to bring modest out of chastity?
(a) Employments that only exercise sensibility.
(b) Fads.
(c) Novels.
(d) Employments that do not exercise sensibility.

3. What do women think of chastity?
(a) They prize it.
(b) They despise it.
(c) They see it as a duty.
(d) They are indifferent toward it.

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

5. Where should children live while they are in school?
(a) In dormitories near the school.
(b) With their teachers.
(c) At schiool.
(d) At home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Parents who are blindly obeyed are usually obeyed out of _____.

2. What does Wollstonecraft say about humble men?

3. What does Wollstonecraft say women want?

4. What subject do women shy away from reading?

5. What takes the place of woman's senses as her character is formed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Wollstonecraft see with current methods of education in her society? What solution does she offer?

2. What is the role of education, according to the fifth section of Chapter 13? How do silly mothers damage children?

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

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

5. Why does Wollstonecraft think it is worse for a married woman than a single woman to have an affair?

6. What makes women careless or unnatural mothers, according to Wollstonecraft?

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

8. How can women bring out modesty from chastity?

9. What does Wollstonecraft say about sex in Chapter 8?

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

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