1500s-1700s British Non-fiction quiz

How does Elizabeth's position as a female leader shape the tone and content of her speeches?

• She uses humor to connect with her audience.

• She highlights her dedication to her people and her emotional resilience.

• She completely ignores her gender in her speeches.

• She concentrates only on political strategies.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What analogy does the author use in the first paragraph of “A Vindication of the Rights of Women” to demonstrate what happens to women who are mistreated?

• Women are like strong trees that can withstand any storm.

• Women are like beautiful flowers that need education to survive and not just be admired for their beauty.

• Women are like birds that need to be caged for their own safety.

• Women are like rivers that flow freely without obstacles.

Identify the rhetorical device in the sentence: "The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe."

• Analogy

• Repetition

• Antithesis

• Verbal irony

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What rhetorical device is used when an idea is underemphasized in order to make a point?

• Antithesis

• Repetition

• Understatement

• Hyperbole

Define "dissimulation" as used in "Vindication of the Rights of Women."

• Courage and bravery

• Deceit or pretense; lying

• Lack of strength

• To revoke or cancel

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the correct active voice for the sentence: "The doctor’s advice was ignored by the old stubborn man"?

• The old stubborn man ignored the doctor’s advice.

• The doctor ignored the old stubborn man’s advice.

• The advice was ignored by the old stubborn man.

• The old stubborn man was ignored by the doctor’s advice.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What does "sustenance" refer to?

• A type of clothing

• A form of entertainment

• Something, especially food, that sustains life or health

• A kind of transportation

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is an "inducement"?

• A type of punishment

• An incentive; a reason or motive for something

• A form of entertainment

• A kind of food

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What are "rhetorical devices" used for?

• To create costumes

• To communicate ideas and strengthen arguments

• To select actors

• To design sets

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Overall, what is the author’s main argument towards or regarding women’s education in "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"?

• Women's education should tend towards romance and marraige

• Women must have improved education in order to allow for their freedom and

  liberty.

• The superiority of men over women is something that must be respected and women should be subservient to men.

• Improved education for women requires political protest.