Declaration of Sentiments & Resolutions EOC Questions

Which of the following best describes the author's tone in the text?

• Desperate and pleading

• Formal and firm

• Angry and defensive

• Bitter and mocking

What is the author's likely purpose for structuring the essay like the Declaration of Independence?

• The author likely chose to structure the essay like the Declaration of Independence to emphasize the American value of equality, in which all men and women "are created equal."

• The author likely chose to structure the essay like the Declaration of Independence to shame the Founding Fathers for not including women in it.

• The author likely chose to structure the essay like the Declaration of Independence to support her refusal to submit to the corrupt American government.

• The author likely chose to structure the essay like the Declaration of Independence to cite the document and support her argument that women have the right to vote.

Which of the following quotes best demonstrates the author's tone?

• "Such has been the patient sufferance of the women under this government" (Paragraph 2)

• "He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men—both natives and foreigners." (Paragraph 6)

• "He has made her, if married, in the eye of the law, civilly dead." (Paragraph 8)

• "…in view of the unjust laws above mentioned… we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of these United States." (Paragraph 20)

As used in paragraph 3, what does the word "usurpations" most nearly mean?

• Frustration

• Removal of power

• Hard work

• Disagreement

Which of the following quotes best clarifies the meaning of the word "usurpations"?

• "man toward woman"

• "having in direct object"

• "establishment of absolute tyranny over her"

• "submitted to a candid world"

Which of the following methods does Stanton use to strengthen her argument?

• Stanton uses repetition, repeating several phrases (such as "He has") to emphasize her argument concerning the repeated oppression of women.

• Stanton satirizes U.S. legal documents (i.e. Declaration of Independence) so that they exclude men instead of women, giving perspective and strengthening her argument.

• Stanton utilizes hyperbole, or exaggeration, to strengthen her argument by exaggerating the plight of women.

• Stanton uses rhetorical questions to make her audience think about the oppressed status of women and to lead them to her conclusion.

According to paragraph 18, what position, according to the passage, have men taken in women's lives?

• Stanton compares men to having taken the position of a woman's conscience, speaking and thinking for her without her knowledge.

• Stanton compares men to having taken the position of "Jehovah," acting as a prophet between women and God in order to tell them what to do.

• Stanton compares men to having taken the position of "Jehovah," or God, attempting to lord over women and conduct their fates.

• Stanton compares men to having taken the position of a minister or priest, interfering with a woman's moral and religious values.

Which of the following best summarizes what Stanton wants her listeners to do?

• Stanton wants the audience to protest the federal government until women have the right to vote.

• Stanton wants the audience to take something away from this speech and the Convention: a sense of injustice.

• Stanton encourages the audience to go out and discuss what they heard that day at the Convention with everyone they meet, in the hopes they will change at least a few minds.

• Stanton encourages the audience to spread word of their cause, petition state and federal governments, appeal to the church and press for support, and continue with more conventions.

Which of the following quotes best supports the author's purpose?

• "Whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of those who suffer from it to refuse allegiance to it, and to insist upon the institution of a new government...." (Paragraph 2)

• "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their duty to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security." (Paragraph 2)

• "The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over her." (Paragraph 3)

• "We shall employ agents, circulate tracts, petition the State and national Legislatures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the press in our behalf. We hope this Convention will be followed by a series of Conventions, embracing every part of the country." (Paragraph 21)