A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Quizzes

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Quiz 1

1 What year was the work published?
1790

1789

1792

1800
2 Whose writings (among others) was this work a response to?
Edmund Burke

Thomas Paine

William Godwin

John Locke
3 To whom is this work dedicated?
Thomas Paine

Edmund Burke

M. Talleyrand-Perigord

William Godwin
4 Wollstonecraft had already published which work before Vindication of the Rights of Woman?
The Rights of Man

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Second Treatise of Government

A Vindication of the Rights of Man
5 Which country's constitution is Wollstonecraft unhappy with?
Germany

France

Britain

America
6 If man acts like a ______, then morality is undermined.
Politician

Tyrant

Woman

Hero
7 What does Wollstonecraft say in her advertisement?
She plans on a second volume

She will not address the subject again

She plans on seven more volumes

She is completely satisfied with her work
8 What the "grand source of misery" that she deplores?
Neglected education

Natural differences between the sexes

Political subordination

Physical superiority of men
9 What does Wollstonecraft assert about physical superiority?
She does not address it

Women are physically superior

Both sexes are equal

Men are physically superior
10 What social class of women is she primarily addressing?
All women

The aristocracy

Working class

Middle class
11 Elegance is said to be inferior to what?
Power

Modesty

Intelligence

Virtue
12 Which of the following statements is TRUE?
Men and women will be exact equals in all areas

Women will still be dependent upon men in some areas of life

Women will never need men again

Men will become the subordinate sex
13 Men seem to employ reason to justify what?
Equality

Prejudices

Kindness

Power
14 What is Wollstonecraft's opinion of the rich?
Unknown

Neutral

Very positive

Very negative
15 Which author does she engage with the most?
Dr. Gregory

Rousseau

Shakespeare

Milton
16 What entity does Wollstonecraft criticize?
The Court

Parliament

The Church

The standing army
17 What should form character the most?
Profession, gender, and class

Age, luck, and wealth

Books, music, and theater

Reason, education, and experience
18 What renders the progress of civilization a curse?
Religion

Royalty

Ignorance

Sexual immorality
19 Women are generally taught all of the following EXCEPT
Reason

Meekness

Cunning

Weakness
20 Who describes "our first frail mother" in terms Wollstonecraft disputes?
St. Matthew

Rousseau

Milton

Shakespeare
21 Men try to secure the good conduct of women by doing what?
Letting them exercise reason

Keeping them in a state of childhood

Emotionally abusing them

Tyrannizing over them
22 Virtue must result from what?
The exercise of reason

Modesty

Intellect

Nature
23 What does "silently more misfortune than all the rest" for women?
Their attraction to rakes

Their lack of bodily strength

Their disregard of order

Their cultivation of weakness
24 Who does Wollstonecraft compare women to in regard to weakness?
Military men

Kings

Children

Animals
25 All of the following are true of women EXCEPT
They blindly submit to authority

They are prey to prejudices

They acquire manners before morals

They understand the grand outline of history

What roles does Wollstonecraft see for relgion in the education of women?

Wollstonecraft understood that Religion was the powerful source in society. To that end, she had to prove that it was God's will that women receive and education and be allowed to flourish. She also argued that God, in his infinite wisdom, would...

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Answered by Aslan on 4/5/2017 4:15 AM