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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 hope to see as a result of this education for women?

2. What can happen when mothers exhibit a lack of reason?

3. What is a woman’s second duty?

4. Where should children live while they are in school?

5. What does Wollstonecraft see as a solution to the disadvantages of both private and public schools?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How can women bring out modesty from chastity?

3. Why does Wollstonecraft think it is worse for a married woman than a single woman to have an affair?

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

5. What is the focus of virtue for women, according to Wollstonecraft? How can women behave if they attain that virtue?

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

7. Give two of Wollstonecraft’s concluding remarks.

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

9. How do the duties of women contribute to their behavior in marriages?

10. What makes women careless or unnatural mothers, according to Wollstonecraft?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Wollstonecraft's educational plan with education today. What elements of Wollstonecraft's plan can be seen in today's educational system? What aspects are not present?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Wollstonecraft's plan to improve education as it is described in Chapter 11. Explain the education she has planned for each age group. Why does she make this proposal for an education system?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the purpose of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. What does Wollstonecraft want to accomplish by writing it? What does she want the reader to take away from it? Is it successful? Why or why not?

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