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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. According to Wollstonecraft, what is the only virtue given attention?

2. From where do the duties of women come, according to Chapter 11?

3. What is the most important aspect in attaining rank and class, according to Chapter 9?

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

5. What are the only professions available to women?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of education does Wollstonecraft support at the beginning of Chapter 12? Why?

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

4. What does Wollstonecraft say about meek mothers?

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

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

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

8. What does Wollstonecraft say religion must be based on in the first section of Chapter 13?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define reason. What role does reason play in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman? What relationship does Wollstonecraft see between reason and virtue? What does this reveal about Wollstonecraft's society? What relationship would Wollstonecraft like to see between reason and virtue?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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