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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. What does Wollstonecraft hope to see as a result of this education for women?
2. What do women rarely exhibit, according to Wollstonecraft?
3. What takes the place of woman's senses as her character is formed?
4. What does Wollstonecraft doubt about chastity?
5. In what educational situation do children not learn ingenuity of thought?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do women learn to behave as wives, according to Chapter 11?
2. What justification does Wollstonecraft give in Chapter 10 for strengthening women's understanding?
3. Explain what happens to children who are raised by parents who work from the heart and an understanding of the child?
4. What does Wollstonecraft say religion must be based on in the first section of Chapter 13?
5. How can women bring out modesty from chastity?
6. Describe the reciprocal duty Wollstonecraft explains in Chapter 11.
7. What is the focus of virtue for women, according to Wollstonecraft? How can women behave if they attain that virtue?
8. Give two of Wollstonecraft’s concluding remarks.
9. How does Wollstonecraft explain modesty?
10. What is the role of education, according to the fifth section of Chapter 13? How do silly mothers damage children?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the follies Wollstonecraft addresses in Chapter 13 of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. What are the follies she addresses? Why are they harmful to women? What, if any, solutions does she offer to combat them?
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 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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