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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Book 2 : Chapter 2, Submission.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rousseau contrasts book learning with what kind of learning?
(a) Hands-on learning.
(b) Learning from competition.
(c) Learning from watching.
(d) Learning from dictation.

2. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?
(a) Rear their children near their schools.
(b) Hire a nanny for the child.
(c) Rear their children in the country.
(d) Never let the children outside.

3. How did the man to whom Rousseau was apprenticed treat Rousseau?
(a) Affectionately.
(b) Dispassionately.
(c) Gently.
(d) Violently.

4. How does Rousseau suggest we see childhood?
(a) As a time in itself.
(b) As a stage in the man's development.
(c) As a perfect state in itself.
(d) As the goal for all men's development.

5. What proportion of children reached adulthood in Rousseau's time?
(a) All.
(b) A quarter.
(c) Half.
(d) Three quarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does Rousseau want to protect children?

2. What is most relevant in deciding how or whether to punish a child?

3. When should children begin book learning, in Rousseau's opinion?

4. What is the consequence of too many slips in the child-rearing process?

5. If someone published under his/her own name, what question did he/her confront?

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