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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the source of reason?

2. How does Wollstonecraft think boys and girls should play?

3. What does Wollstonecraft say is inferior to virtue?

4. What is the only thing women are taught to be proud of?

5. How should education be supplemented?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Wollstonecraft's objection to the character of Sophia in Rousseau's Emilie.

2. Why does Wollstonecraft ask for forgiveness in her Introduction?

3. What does Wollstonecraft say about Rousseau's view of women's education?

4. How do men attain regal power? How do their subjects react?

5. How does Wollstonecraft compare women to the rich?

6. What kind of education do women have, according to the Introduction? What kind of women does this produce?

7. What does Wollstonecraft say about Rousseau's view of religion for women?

8. What does Wollstonecraft say she is pessimistic about in the Introduction? What effect does she see as a result?

9. What is included in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman before the first chapter?

10. What are Rousseau's views on women, according to Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mary Wollstonecraft. How did her upbringing help shape her philosophy about the inequality of men and women? What influence did she have on feminist philosophy?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Wollstonecraft's thoughts on parenting. How are children parented in Wollstonecraft's society? What does Wollstonecraft think of this? What changes does Wollstonecraft want to see in the parenting paradigm?

Essay Topic 3

Define theme. Identify at least one theme addressed in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. How does Wollstonecraft address this theme? Is it effective? Why or why not?

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