View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wollstonecraft think about the old principles and ways of doing things in regards to parenting?

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

3. What will teach girls the lessons they will practice on their husbands?

4. 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?

5. What takes the place of woman's senses as her character is formed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is modesty? Why is it important, according to Wollstonecraft?

2. Why does Wollstonecraft think it is worse for a married woman than a single woman to have an affair?

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

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

5. Give two of Wollstonecraft’s concluding remarks.

6. Why is morality undermined in women's lives, according to Wollstonecraft?

7. How does Wollstonecraft explain modesty?

8. What does Wollstonecraft say about sex in Chapter 8?

9. How can women bring out modesty from chastity?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 658 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample