Chapter 10

Quiz for Document 10-4: Sarah Grimké, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Woman (1837)

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Question 1

Which of the following statements accurately compares Margaret Fuller’s and Sarah Grimke’s ideas about women and religion?A. Whereas Fuller believed that God had made women and men equal, Grimké believed that God had made women naturally inferior to men.
B. Whereas Grimké believed that God had made women and men equal, Fuller believed that God had made women naturally inferior to men.
C. Both Grimké and Fuller believed that God had made women and men equal, but that religious institutions justified women’s subordination to men.
D. Both Grimké and Fuller believed that God had made women and men equal, but Grimke criticized religious institutions for subordinating women.

Question 2

Grimké asserts that the established legal status of women in regard to contracts, property, and human agency was comparable to that ofA. beasts of burden.
B. indentured servants.
C. poor males.
D. slaves.

Question 3

The reason Grimké argues against the practice of allowing women to escape prosecution if they had been influenced by a man to commit a crime was that this practiceA. created more female criminals.
B. denied women’s essential moral agency.
C. led to higher crime rates.
D. undermined the foundations of family.

Question 4

According to Grimké, women’s lack of voting rights had led to a circumstance ofA. immunity from prosecution.
B. political radicalism.
C. taxation without representation.
D. unequal sexual freedoms.