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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 situation does Dr. Gregory tell women not to cultivate their minds?

2. Which of the following is NOT a focus of women's education?

3. Women are slaves to _______________.

4. Who argues that man is a solitary animal?

5. What type of people ignores their health in pursuit of their calling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft say about Rousseau's view of religion for women?

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

3. What does Wollstonecraft say about Rousseau's view of women's education?

4. How are women made weak, according to the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What are Rousseau's views on women, according to Chapter 5?

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

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

8. Explain what Wollstonecraft says about people of genius in Chapter 3.

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

10. What irony does Wollstonecraft present in Chapter 2 in men's view of women? What kind of irony is this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define irony. What are the three types of irony used in literature? Identify at least one use of irony in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and identify what type of irony it is. Is this an effective use of irony? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Wollstonecraft's address of the military. To whom does Wollstonecraft compare the military? What does this reveal about the military? Does Wollstonecraft present a solution for the military? If so, what is it? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

Define virtue. Why should people attain virtue? How does Wollstonecraft say men and women attain virtue? What does this reveal about Wollstonecraft's society? Why does she disagree with this? How does Wollstonecraft want men and women to attain virtue?

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