a vindication of the rights of women

the author seems most concerned about prevailing attitudes in her time towards womens A. passions B. education C. usefulness D. motherhood

B

why does wollstonecraft tell women to be their husband's friends A. husbands have told her what to say B. she claims fondness will always fade C. men are refusing to care for their children D. she wants women to be friendlier to everyone

B

define prerogative A. a privilege B. a dispute C. a controversy D. an inconvenience

A

knowing that part of the authors historical context is that she ran a school most helps you understand her A. wide knowledge of girls education books B. dislike of women who pretend to be weak C. claims to dislike hunting and shooting D. references to religion in her essay

A

what is one of the authors counterarguments to the idea that women should be educated to please men A. when men stop paying attention, then women will be left to discontent and bitterness B. this education only prepares women to raise female children C. when women receive the education, then they are unprepared for the challenges of public life D. the only men who would benefit from this education are older and wiser

A

Wollstonecraft says that the books that have been written for women's improvement have generally A. created dignified distinctions B. encouraged women to be frivolous C. moved women in the right direction D. turned women into dependent wives

B

define vindication A. a criticism B. a justification C. a rebuttal D. an analysis

B

define feign A. excite B. study C. pretende D. defeat

C

the author says that a women should fulfill her responsibility to herself through A. becoming as physically strong as men B. finding ways to please her children C. cultivating her own understanding D. makes herself happy in marriage

C

wollstonecraft suggest that women should submit to A. reason, then to their husband B. god, then to men, than to reason C. reason and self-respect above all else D. anyone who is properly educated and virtuous

C

define evanescent A. full of passion B. difficult to change C. exaggerated in size D. quick to disappear

D

define inculcate A. distribute B. calculate C. increase D. instill

D

think about wollstonecraft's early education. she most draws from this context when she claims that A. women are incapable of doing male activities such as hunting B. men are instinctive in having weak women as wives C. mothers should allow their daughters to dance at parties D. women are rational creatures capable of standing alone

D

what does the author say is a result of women striving only to be alluring objects A. men ignore their female children B. women fail to find suitable husbands C. men refuse to try to be better then they are D. women are weak and unfit for motherhood

D

which statement is a counterargument that wollstonecraft offers to refute opposing standing alone A. women's education should focus on accentuating their physical beauty B. women should be as physically strong as man are in order to raiser their families C. womens education should make them more pleasing to men so they will get married D. women should strive to be respectable and see pleasing others as a polish to their virtues

D