A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

by Mary Wollstonecraft

1. What year was the work published?

A=1972
2. Wollstonecraft had already published which work before Vindication of the Rights of
Woman?
A=A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN
3. What is the "grand source of misery" that she deplores?
A=NEGLECTED EDUCATION
4. What does Wollstonecraft assert about physical superiority?
A=MEN ARE PHYSICALLY SUPERIOR
5. What social class of women is she primarily addressing?
A=MIDDLE CLASS
6. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A= WOMEN WILL STILL BE DEPENDENT UPON MEN IN SOME AREAS OF LIFE
7. Men try to secure the good conduct of women by doing what?
A= KEEPING THEM IN A STATE OF CHILDHOOD
8. What does "silently more misfortune than all the rest" for women?
A= THEIR DISREGARD OF ORDER
9. Who does Wollstonecraft compare women to in regard to weakness?
A= MILITARY MEN
10. Elegance is said to be inferior to what?
A= VIRTUE