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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 does Wollstonecraft conclude about women who are the most modest?
(a) They are the least rational.
(b) They have improved their minds the least.
(c) They are the most rational.
(d) They have improved their minds the most.

2. What does Wollstonecraft say children cannot be taught too early?
(a) Morality.
(b) That knowledge is the key to success.
(c) To give affection.
(d) To submit to reason.

3. What does Wollstonecraft think of women being closed up in convents and boarding schools?
(a) She objects.
(b) She supports it.
(c) She sees the benefits, but it is risky.
(d) Policies need to be reformed.

4. What is the best educational situation, according to Wollstonecraft?
(a) Boarding schools.
(b) Individual education.
(c) Country day schools.
(d) Religious schools.

5. What does Wollstonecraft say about education at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) It should be modeled after monasteries.
(b) It should be completely secular.
(c) It should be a national concern.
(d) It should be strictly religious.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does Wollstonecraft think children should be separated between trade schools and schools that teach humanities?

2. What does parental affection lead to?

3. What does Wollstonecraft think should happen to men who ruin women?

4. What does Wollstonecraft say is needed in order for morality to prevail in society?

5. Who can get away with falling into sexual immorality?

Short Essay Questions

1. What justification does Wollstonecraft give in Chapter 10 for strengthening women's understanding?

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

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

4. How can women bring out modesty from chastity?

5. Why does Wollstonecraft say women should not rely on their husbands for existence?

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

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

8. What leads women to the romantic, sentimental twists of the mind, according to the second section of Chapter 13? What solution does Wollstonecraft offer?

9. Why is morality undermined in women's lives, according to Wollstonecraft?

10. How does Wollstonecraft order women's duties in society?

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