Literature Focus Quiz 34 (79-83) Break- Women's Rights

Question 1

Judith Sargent Murray uses a simile to compare girls’ treatment with

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sacrifice

Question 2

Whom would Judith Sargent Murray MOST LIKELY hold accountable for teaching girls that showy clothes and ornamentation ‘ought to be the principal object of our [their] attention?

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Parents

Question 3

Judith Sargent Murray would MOST likely support the idea that equality in strength requires equality in

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education

Question 4

To whom does Judith Sargent Murray refer as ‘ye arbiters of our [women’s fate]?

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men

Question 5

Which of the following admissions does Murray make toward the end of ‘On the Equality of the Sexes’?

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Men are physically superior to women

Question 6

‘On the Equality of the Sexes’ mentions all the following Biblical figures EXCEPT

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Mary

Question 7

The letter that conlcludes ‘On the Eqality of the Sexes’ can be BEST described as

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building upon the essay

Question 8

According to the letter in ‘On the Equality of the Sexes’ women are the emblem of

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weakness

Question 9

‘On the Equality of the Sexes’ starts with a(n)

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poem

Question 10

The term ‘seperate sphere ideology’ emerged to depict the 1700s social practice where women were restricted from

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participating in business and politics

Question 11

Women in the 1700s were LEAST likely to be accussed of being unfeminine if they read

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novels

Question 12

Murray claims from ‘On the Equality of the Sexes’ parallels those in a poem by

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Phillis Wheatly

Question 13

To show a male timidly following a woman’s lead, Murray cites a story from the Book of

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Genesis

Question 14

Murray claims that boys are ‘led by the hand’ through

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science

Question 15

Which of the following Biblical figures was according to Judith Sargent Murray, praised for wisdom despite many of his actions being foolish?

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Solomon