Female Orations Quiz

According to the text, what is the main reason for women to unite in associations and combinations?

• To make themselves as free, happy, and famous as men

• To imitate the gods

• To compete with men in physical strength

• To live like bats or owls

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the oratoress suggest women should do to increase their strength and wit?

• Hawk, hunt, race, and do similar exercises as men

• Stay at home and avoid physical activities

• Rely on men for protection and provision

• Avoid conversation and social interaction

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

According to the text, why should women imitate men?

• It is more natural and easier than imitating the gods

• It is a disgrace and unnatural for women to imitate men

• It is impossible for women to imitate the gods

• It goes against the command of the gods and their ministers

What is the oratoress's opinion on masculine women and effeminate men?

• Effeminate men should be praised as much as masculine women should be dispraised

• Masculine women should be dispraised as much as effeminate men should be praised

• Masculine women should be ignored

• Masculine women should be praised as much as effeminate men should be dispraised

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

According to the text, what is the main complaint against men?

• They make women live like bats or owls

• They are our protectors and admirers

• They are ungrateful and inconstant

• They bar women from all sorts of liberty

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the oratoress suggest women should do to make their power known?

• Sink to imperfection

• Neglect the imitation of men

• Stay ignorant of themselves

• Imitate men in their actions and behavior

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

According to the text, what is the main reason for women to love, praise, and pray for men?

• Women could not possibly live without men

• Men are ungrateful and inconstant

• Men are witless and strengthless

• Men are our enemies

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the oratoress suggest women should do to make their bodies and minds appear more masculine?

• Imitate men

• Stay witless and strengthless

• Neglect exercise and conversation

• Avoid conversation with men

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

According to the text, what is the main reason for women to make themselves as free, happy, and famous as men?

• Women are restless with labor, easeless with pain, and helpless for want of power

• Women live and die as if they were produced from beasts

• Women are witless and strengthless

• Men possess all the ease, rest, pleasure, wealth, power, and fame

What is the oratoress's opinion on the behavior of women who neglect the imitation of men?

• They are happy and famous

• They are wise and admirable

• They are ungrateful and inconstant

• They are strong and powerful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9