11. Document Project 11: Religious Faith and Women’s Activism

Quiz for Document 11.9 Sarah Grimké, Response to the Pastoral Letter, 1837

Quiz for Document 11.9: Sarah Grimké, Response to the Pastoral Letter, 1837

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Why did Sarah Grimké align the ministers who wrote the pastoral letter with Cotton Mather?

They were all men of the cloth.

They all believed in the mental and moral weakness of women.

They placed too much faith in poorly guided traditions.

They were all threatened by the potential of female power.

2. What does Grimké argue men have taken from women that women are called by biblical scripture to share?

Their influence

Their children

Their skills

Their bodies

3. Grimké claims that many women were willing to give up their influence in exchange for which of the following benefits?

Suffrage rights

Social privileges

Equality

Religious freedom

4. In what way does Grimké argue that men and women are equal?

Sinfulness

Creativity

Physical ability

Strength of mind

5. Who does Grimké blame more than anyone else for the condition of women’s subjugation?

The church

God’s word

Male protectors

Slave owners

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