The Enlightenment

Question 1

Which phrase from the text best shows Mary Wollstonecraft’s use of figurative language?

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C: “she has always been either a slave, or a despot”

Question 2

The use of connotation demonstrates how word choice can convey a writer’s . In this passage, the word “despot” has a connotation. If Wollstonecraft had wanted to change the meaning of the passage, she could have chosen a word with a different connotation. Instead of “despot,” she might have chosen the word “.”

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C: meaning

Question 3

What does Wollstonecraft mean when she states, "she has always been . . . a slave"?

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C: that women have been oppressed

Question 4

Wollstonecraft includes the phrase "annals of antiquity to trace the history of woman" to suggest that

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A: women have always been treated unequally.

Question 5

In this excerpt, the phrase “female folly and vice” refers to

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A: the view that women are weak and ignorant.

Question 6

In this passage, what does Wollstonecraft blame for some of the problems women face?

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C: the influence of the government

Question 7

In this passage, what does Wollstonecraft suggest must happen to change the status of women in society?

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A: Women must have greater access to education.

Question 8

Question 8

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B: negative

Question 9

Question 9

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A: leader

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