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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes men naturally superior to women?
(a) Their beauty.
(b) Their physical size.
(c) Their intellect.
(d) Their conversational skills.

2. What should woman be willing to sacrifice in order to be agreeable to man?
(a) All of her possessions.
(b) Every bodily comfort.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her life.

3. Why do women's opinions waver?
(a) They listen to men's opinions.
(b) They have contradictory emotions.
(c) They seek to please others above all else.
(d) They waver with the acquisition of knowledge.

4. What is the true foundation for morality?
(a) God.
(b) Reason.
(c) Parenthood.
(d) Marriage.

5. What profession is “incompatible with freedom?”
(a) Any kind of office job.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Beggar.
(d) A standing army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the women whom Wollstonecraft knows miserable?

2. What author does Wollstonecraft speak the most highly of in Chapter 5?

3. What would happen if women were treated like boys in terms of fear and emotional displays?

4. What is the name of the character from Emilie Wollstonecraft criticizes in Chapter 5?

5. What usually happens to any amount of power a woman gets?

(see the answer key)

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