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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what area does Wollstonecraft concede men's superiority?

2. Who argues that man is a solitary animal?

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

4. Whose children's books does Wollstonecraft address in Chapter 5?

5. What is the source of reason?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft say is the importance of individual education in Chapter 2? How must it be supplemented?

2. What does Wollstonecraft say about love in Chapter 4? What does she say is better than love?

3. What does Wollstonecraft say about women's first impressions in Chapter 6?

4. What does Wollstonecraft say she is pessimistic about in the Introduction? What effect does she see as a result?

5. What is included in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman before the first chapter?

6. How does Wollstonecraft compare women to the rich?

7. Why does Wollstonecraft ask for forgiveness in her Introduction?

8. What would be the result of the revolution Wollstonecraft wants to happen?

9. How do men attain regal power? How do their subjects react?

10. What do women believe about religion, according to Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define reason. What role does reason play in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman? What relationship does Wollstonecraft see between reason and virtue? What does this reveal about Wollstonecraft's society? What relationship would Wollstonecraft like to see between reason and virtue?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of religion in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. What does this reveal about Wollstonecraft's society? What does this reveal about Wollstonecraft herself? How does religion relate to the overall points Wollstonecraft makes about women?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Wollstonecraft's thoughts on the duties of children to their parents. What duties do children have toward their parents in Wollstonecraft's society? What does Wollstonecraft think of this? What changes does Wollstonecraft want to see in children's duties to their parents?

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