Vocabulary I
To revoke or nullify.
What is abrogate?
The author believes that improving women's education will help women to become better a.) workers b.) mothers c.) citizens d.) homemakers
What is b) mothers?
The worthy ___________ fell into a similar error.
Who is Dr. Gregory?
A formal, detailed article or book on a particular subject.
What is treatise?
What year was Wollstonecraft born?
What is 1759?
Justification
What is vindication?
To what specific works does Wollstonecraft respond in her argument? a.) essays in which men denounce women they consider masculine b.) newspaper articles about education reform c.) education plans for women written by men d.) her own earlier book, A Vindication of the Rights of Man
What is c.) education plans for women written by men.
These may be termed _________ dreams.
What is Utopian?
Harem
What is seraglio?
What book attacked class and privilege?
What is A Vindication of the Rights of Man?
Agreeable, sympathetic.
What is congenial?
What quality does Wollstonecraft believe is the most important in a marriage? a.) mutual admiration b.) friendship c.) shared intellectual interests d.) physical attraction
What is b.) friendship
In an _______, writers support their claims, or positions on an issue, by presenting logical reasons and valid evidence.
What is an argument?
An object of exaggerated fear.
What is bugbear?
What year was A Vindication of the Rights of Woman published?
What is 1792?
Deceit or pretense.
What is dissimulation?
In lines 14-15, the author says women's minds are "like the flowers which are planted in too rich a soil." She means that women a.) cannot thrive in an educational program designed for men b.) will need to be introduced to higher learning in a gradual way c.) have feminine qualities that make their educated minds even more beautiful d.) are taught skills that make them pleasing but not intellectually strong.
What is d.) are taught skills that make them pleasing but not intellectually strong.
To gain the affections of a _____ man, is affectation necessary?
What is virtuous?
Opposing views which are refuted.
What is a coutnerargument?
Mary Wollstonecraft is considered by many to be the
What is the mother of feminism?
Vulnerability, or likeliness to be affected.
What is susceptibility?
Wollstonecraft compares women to animals in several passages (lines 83-85, lines 179-183). What is she trying to convey with this comparison? a.) Women who do not please their husbands are as unattractive as farm animals. b.) Only through education can women achieve the accomplishments that separate humans from animals. c.) Women are inherently less physically strong than men. d.) Husbands treat their wives like animals
What is b.) Only through education can women achieve the accomplishments that separate humans from animals.
Can they be expected to govern a family with _______, or take care of the poor babes whom they bring into the world?
What is judgment?
Descriptive terms.
What are epithets?
In what century were the daughters of English gentlemen mostly taught reading, languages, playing the piano, signing, drawing, and needlework.
What is eighteenth century?