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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 kind of mothers do meek wives make?
2. What, according to Some Thoughts Concerning Education, may contribute to the weakness of women?
3. How are the husbands of meek wives portrayed?
4. What parents are able to extort a great deal of respect from their children?
5. What do men think of chastity?
Short Essay Questions
1. What leads women to the romantic, sentimental twists of the mind, according to the second section of Chapter 13? What solution does Wollstonecraft offer?
2. How does Wollstonecraft order women's duties in society?
3. What is the focus of virtue for women, according to Wollstonecraft? How can women behave if they attain that virtue?
4. What justification does Wollstonecraft give in Chapter 10 for strengthening women's understanding?
5. Where does Wollstonecraft believe education should start?
6. How do women learn to behave as wives, according to Chapter 11?
7. How do women treat their children, according to Wollstonecraft? Why?
8. Why does Wollstonecraft advocate national schools, according to the end of Chapter 12?
9. How does society expect men and women to keep their passions in check?
10. Why does Wollstonecraft say women should not rely on their husbands for existence?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Wollstonecraft's view of marriage in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. What is the state of marriage in her society? What does she think of this? What does Wollstonecraft want to see happen in marriage? What does this reveal about her society?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the role of religion in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. What does this reveal about Wollstonecraft's society? What does this reveal about Wollstonecraft herself? How does religion relate to the overall points Wollstonecraft makes about women?
Essay Topic 3
Explain Rousseau's perspective of women as revealed in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Does this agree with Wollstonecraft's perspective? Why or why not? What does Wollstonecraft think of Rousseau? Why?
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