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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Book 5 : Chapter 1, Sophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What distinction does epistemology seek to make?
(a) Between what is real and what is imaginative.
(b) Between what is eternal and what is particular.
(c) Between what is true and what is false.
(d) Between what is material and what is spirit.

2. What does Rousseau say he wants Emile to learn?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Ignorance.

3. What did the priest feel after he left the church?
(a) Speculation and doubt.
(b) Desire and self-loathing.
(c) Liberation and happiness.
(d) Fear and nostalgia.

4. What does Rousseau say supplies the greatest motivational force for a student?
(a) Promise of reward.
(b) Interest.
(c) Threat of punishment.
(d) Fear of humiliation

5. What is the worst thing a man can think about in regard to his child, according to Rousseau?
(a) Wondering whether it is actually his.
(b) Wondering whether it will succeed.
(c) Wondering whether it will survive childhood.
(d) Wondering whether it will be good.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proportion of children reached adulthood in Rousseau's time?

2. Why did the priest feel that he had lost his entire religion?

3. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?

4. How does Rousseau answer Emile's question about where babies come from?

5. What balance does Rousseau try to strike in his child rearing?

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