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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the women whom Wollstonecraft knows miserable?
(a) They are forced to work outside their homes.
(b) Their husbands are all away at war.
(c) Their marriages were arranged.
(d) Their educations have been neglected.

2. How does Wollstonecraft say God intended mankind to live after the Fall?
(a) As polygamists.
(b) In solitude.
(c) In communities.
(d) In individual family units.

3. Who has written instructional books that treat women as subordinate?
(a) Church authorities.
(b) Women.
(c) Royalty.
(d) Men.

4. What does Wollstonecraft say is inferior to virtue?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Reason.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Elegance.

5. Who argues that man is a solitary animal?
(a) Descartes.
(b) Dr. Gregory.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Milton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gives man preeminence over creatures?

2. What kind of women does society speak out against?

3. What do most women rely on instead of education?

4. What causes error and evil?

5. What has reason been mixed with over the course of mankind?

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