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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Wollstonecraft, what would fulfill a woman's life task?
(a) Instilling virtues in her children.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Giving birth.
(d) Finding a profession.

2. What kind of governing can parents tend to, according to Chapter 10?
(a) Balanced.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Loving.
(d) Tyrannical.

3. What does a woman need to be a good mother?
(a) The freedom to do as she wishes.
(b) Independence of the mind.
(c) A kind husband.
(d) Financial security.

4. When does character formation occur?
(a) During adolescence.
(b) The age range was not known during the 18th century.
(c) Early in childhood.
(d) At the onset of adulthood.

5. How do love and arbitrary passion reign?
(a) By intuition.
(b) By reason.
(c) By their own authority.
(d) By faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft think of the idea of a coquette as natural?

2. What do women rarely exhibit, according to Wollstonecraft?

3. What does a man who exercises absolute power lose?

4. Women are slaves to _______________.

5. For what kind of learning are women ridiculed?

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