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“from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”
#1 Wollstonecraft claims that women have been harmed by — a neglected education
#2 What trait does Wollstonecraft hope to develop in women? Strength of character
#3 What “law of nature” does Wollstonecraft accept? Males are physically stronger than females.
#4 Which group of people does Wollstonecraft characterize in her statement “as a class of mankind they have the strongest claim to pity”? Rich women
#5 People who are only the objects of pity and condescending love will become objects of — contempt
“The Modern World: 1900 to the Present”
#1 The Victorian writer Rudyard Kipling celebrated the British character as essentially — patriotic
#2 What did Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud have in common? Their works contributed to overturning accepted Victorian ideas.
#3 best describes artistic experimentation in the first half of the twentieth century? New uses of line, color, rhythm, and harmony challenged traditional notions of beauty and order
#4 The 1953 novel Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis is a(n) — satire of British university life
#5 Contemporary British literature is marked by great diversity, though the dominant mode is still — elegy
“The Victorian Period 1832–1901”
#1 The word that best describes the ideal behavior of literary Victorians is — genteel
#2 On the whole the Victorian era was characterized by — peace and prosperity
#3 The social problems in Queen Victoria’s reign led to many different types of — reforms
#4 An immediate influence on the Victorian era was the — Industrial Revolution
#5 For writers such as Thomas Babington Macaulay, progress was measured in — material improvements
The Romantic Period 1789–1832”
#1 Under the policy of laissez faire — there is very little government interference in economic policy
#2 During the Industrial Revolution — private owners took over communal farming areas
#3 In response to the political climate, the British government — introduced repressive measures
#4 Who are some of the 2nd generation Romantic poets writers? John Keats; Percy Bysshe Shelley; and George Gordon, Lord Byron
#5 Through their lyric poetry, Romantic poets — revealed passionate and heartfelt beliefs
“To the Ladies”and“The Education of Women.”
#1 According to Lady Chudleigh, what is the difference between a wife and a servant? They differ from each other only in name.
#2 According to Lady Chudleigh, what is the immediate and lasting effect of the marriage contract? All kindness on the husband’s part is put aside.
#3 , “Then but to look, to laugh, or speak, / Will the Nuptial Contract break,” imply that the husband feels — jealous of his wife’s communications with others
#4 Chudleigh’s advice to women can be summed up in these words of advice: — Don’t get married
#5 What logical contradiction does Defoe point out? Men complain of women’s foolishness yet prevent their education.
Final Question
Daniel Defoe agrees with Mary Wollstonecraft when he says that the main obstacle preventing women from higher achievement is — a lack of a sound education