The Spread of the Enlightenment

Question 1

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

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

Question 2

positive✔ negativeneutral

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✔ negative

Question 3

✔ leadertyrantdictator

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✔ leader

Question 4

Question 4

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The use of connotation demonstrates how word choice can convey a writer’s .: meaning; In this passage, the word “despot” has a connotation.: negative; 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 “.”: leader

Question 5

educationinfluence✔ meaning

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✔ meaning; The use of connotation demonstrates how word choice can convey a writer’s .: meaning; In this passage, the word “despot” has a connotation.: negative; 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 “.”: leader

Question 6

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

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that women have been oppressed

Question 7

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

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women have always been treated unequally.

Question 8

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

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the view that women are weak and ignorant.

Question 9

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

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the influence of the government

Question 10

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

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Women must have greater access to education.

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