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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to civilization as a result of systems of rank?
(a) It becomes a curse.
(b) It becomes useless.
(c) It deteriorates.
(d) It strengthens.

2. According to the fourth section of Chapter 13, what is more commonly found in the male world than the female world?
(a) Mutual respect.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Rivalry.
(d) Friendship.

3. What is separated from morality, according to Chapter 9?
(a) Education.
(b) Chastity.
(c) Reason.
(d) Religion.

4. From where do the duties of women come, according to Chapter 11?
(a) A sense of propriety.
(b) A sense of duty.
(c) A woman's father.
(d) The desire to please.

5. What is woman's only duty to fulfill?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Attractiveness.
(c) Chastity.
(d) Humility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do women not indulge in, according to Chapter 8?

2. What is the term that describes parents caring for children while they are young and children in turn caring for parents when they are elderly?

3. What kind of governing can parents tend to, according to Chapter 10?

4. What causes women to become selfish, according to the fourth section of Chapter 13?

5. How are the husbands of meek wives portrayed?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What justification does Wollstonecraft give in Chapter 10 for strengthening women's understanding?

3. What women are most respected in society? Why?

4. How does Wollstonecraft explain modesty?

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

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

7. How can women bring out modesty from chastity?

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

9. Where does Wollstonecraft believe education should start?

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

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