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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 do women not indulge in, according to Chapter 8?

2. What are the only professions available to women?

3. What does parental affection lead to?

4. What debases all mankind, according to Chapter 9?

5. What does Wollstonecraft hope to see as a result of this education for women?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is morality undermined in women's lives, according to Wollstonecraft?

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

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

4. What justification does Wollstonecraft give in Chapter 10 for strengthening women's understanding?

5. How does Wollstonecraft explain modesty?

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

7. What leads women to the romantic, sentimental twists of the mind, according to the second section of Chapter 13? What solution does Wollstonecraft offer?

8. Why does Wollstonecraft say women should not rely on their husbands for existence?

9. What is the role of education, according to the fifth section of Chapter 13? How do silly mothers damage children?

10. What problems does Wollstonecraft see with current methods of education in her society? What solution does she offer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of class in the treatment of women according to Wollstonecraft. What classes of women are treated the worst? What classes of women are treated the best? Why are there differences in how women are treated based on class?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the follies Wollstonecraft addresses in Chapter 13 of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. What are the follies she addresses? Why are they harmful to women? What, if any, solutions does she offer to combat them?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Wollstonecraft's view of women with Rousseau's view of women. How are they similar? How are they different? How does Wollstonecraft react to Rousseau's view of women?

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