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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. Whose letters does Wollstonecraft address at the end of Chapter 5?
2. What do most women rely on instead of education?
3. What would happen if women were treated like boys in terms of fear and emotional displays?
4. For what kind of learning are women ridiculed?
5. What does Wollstonecraft think of the idea of a coquette as natural?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Wollstonecraft say she is going to start with in Chapter 1?
2. What are Rousseau's views on women, according to Chapter 5?
3. What would be the result of the revolution Wollstonecraft wants to happen?
4. How does Wollstonecraft compare women to the rich?
5. What does Wollstonecraft say about Rousseau's view of women's education?
6. What irony does Wollstonecraft present in Chapter 2 in men's view of women? What kind of irony is this?
7. Why do “rakes” find it easy to appeal to women?
8. Explain Wollstonecraft's objection to the character of Sophia in Rousseau's Emilie.
9. What does Wollstonecraft say about women's first impressions in Chapter 6?
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
Explain Rousseau's perspective of women as revealed in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Does this agree with Wollstonecraft's perspective? Why or why not? What does Wollstonecraft think of Rousseau? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Wollstonecraft's educational plan with education today. What elements of Wollstonecraft's plan can be seen in today's educational system? What aspects are not present?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Wollstonecraft's thoughts on parenting. How are children parented in Wollstonecraft's society? What does Wollstonecraft think of this? What changes does Wollstonecraft want to see in the parenting paradigm?
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