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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 does Wollstonecraft say about education at the beginning of Chapter 12?

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

3. What virtue does Wollstonecraft describe as a kind of self-abasement?

4. What types of people does Wollstonecraft criticize in the first section of Chapter 13?

5. What are the only professions available to women?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do women learn to behave as wives, according to Chapter 11?

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

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

4. Explain how parents govern their children, according to the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. How do women treat their children, according to Wollstonecraft? Why?

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

7. What is the focus of Chapter 9?

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

9. Where does Wollstonecraft believe education should start?

10. Describe the reciprocal duty Wollstonecraft explains in Chapter 11.

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

Define virtue. Why should people attain virtue? How does Wollstonecraft say men and women attain virtue? What does this reveal about Wollstonecraft's society? Why does she disagree with this? How does Wollstonecraft want men and women to attain virtue?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the expectations of men's behavior and reputation with that of women. Why do these differences exist in the expectations? Does Wollstonecraft offer a solution? If so, what is her solution?

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