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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Women are slaves to _______________.
(a) Positive impressions.
(b) Negative impressions.
(c) They are often neutral to impressions.
(d) First impressions.

2. How does Wollstonecraft say women should wash and dress, regardless of rank?
(a) Chastely.
(b) In groups.
(c) In pairs.
(d) Alone.

3. How are men improved?
(a) By virtue.
(b) By striving for reason.
(c) By women.
(d) By faith.

4. What should men and women attain in the same way?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Education.
(d) Strength.

5. How do women react to what they see and hear?
(a) Associations call up emotions.
(b) They react in the way their husbands or fathers instruct them to.
(c) They react in a way that takes advantage of the situation to their benefits.
(d) They do not initially react.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft say offers a great advantage in forming women's characters?

2. Over whom doesWollstonecraft want women to have power?

3. What does Wollstonecraft want women to acquire?

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

5. Which women in society have the most virtue, according to Wollstonecraft?

(see the answer key)

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