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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 a woman’s first duty?
(a) As a wife.
(b) As a mother.
(c) As a citizen.
(d) As a rational being.
2. What does Wollstonecraft discuss the effects of in Chapter 9?
(a) Rank and class.
(b) Gender stereotypes.
(c) Society.
(d) Education.
3. What does Wollstonecraft say women want?
(a) To be married.
(b) To be ladies.
(c) To be mothers.
(d) To be equals.
4. What are the only professions available to women?
(a) There are none worth mentioning.
(b) Frivolous professions.
(c) Nursing and education.
(d) Menial professions.
5. What, according to Some Thoughts Concerning Education, may contribute to the weakness of women?
(a) Their physical beauty.
(b) Their desire to get married.
(c) Their lack of education.
(d) Their dependence on their families.
Short Answer Questions
1. What virtue does Wollstonecraft describe as a kind of self-abasement?
2. What kind of governing can parents tend to, according to Chapter 10?
3. What does Wollstonecraft say about humble men?
4. Who wrote Some Thoughts Concerning Education?
5. What women develop an over-fondness for dress?
Short Essay Questions
1. What women are most respected in society? Why?
2. How does society expect men and women to keep their passions in check?
3. What is the focus of virtue for women, according to Wollstonecraft? How can women behave if they attain that virtue?
4. What is modesty? Why is it important, according to Wollstonecraft?
5. How do the duties of women contribute to their behavior in marriages?
6. What does Wollstonecraft say about meek mothers?
7. How can women bring out modesty from chastity?
8. How do women learn to behave as wives, according to Chapter 11?
9. Explain how parents govern their children, according to the beginning of Chapter 10?
10. What leads women to the romantic, sentimental twists of the mind, according to the second section of Chapter 13? What solution does Wollstonecraft offer?
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