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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality is necessary for any marriage to succeed, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) Mutual affection.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Romance.
(d) Cooperation.

2. What did a career in the church offer the priest?
(a) Peace from desire.
(b) Security from want.
(c) Fulfillment in God.
(d) Upward mobility.

3. Why is Emile assigned a task by his tutor?
(a) Because he is still immature, not ready for marriage emotionally.
(b) Because Sophy needs to know that she can rely on him.
(c) Because his training will be incomplete until he has lost something dear to him.
(d) Because a man should not marry without a stable income.

4. What topic does Rousseau treat at the end of Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Corruption.
(b) Religion.
(c) Disease.
(d) Sexuality.

5. What does the priest say does not work?
(a) Heresy.
(b) Apostasy.
(c) Submission.
(d) Faith.

6. Which impulse does Emile's father say Emile should be motivated by in his marriage?
(a) Duty.
(b) Love.
(c) Awe.
(d) Humility.

7. What does Emile say he will need if he becomes independent of other men?
(a) Steady work.
(b) Nature.
(c) Family.
(d) Money.

8. How has Emile come to feel about Sophy as Book 5, Chapter 3 begins?
(a) Ardent.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Concupiscent.
(d) Devoted.

9. How much work does Rousseau recommend for Emile?
(a) Not too much to tire him.
(b) So much that he has no free time.
(c) Enough to tire him.
(d) Enough to prevent him thinking about sin.

10. At what age should Sophy's parents prepare her for marriage?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

11. What does Rousseau say people have, who have not traveled?
(a) Poor culture.
(b) Work to do.
(c) Narrow views.
(d) Deep roots.

12. What does Rousseau say unites men and women?
(a) Spiritual aspiration.
(b) Basic biology.
(c) Common humanity.
(d) Self-loathing.

13. What does Rousseau warn against with regard to desire?
(a) Fulfilling desire.
(b) Ignoring desire.
(c) Channeling desire.
(d) Dividing desire.

14. What effect will marriage have on Emile?
(a) Getting him out of his apprenticeship.
(b) Weighing him down with responsibilities.
(c) Ameliorating his desires.
(d) Entering him into society.

15. What factor does Rousseau say has increased the need for government control?
(a) Steam engines and railroads.
(b) Inoculations.
(c) Innovations in weaponry.
(d) Increase in population.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at greatest risk in the courtship of Emile and Sophy?

2. What practice does Rousseau say degrades women?

3. What does the priest say will happen to the errors that sowed a person's alienation from religion?

4. How does Rousseau say Sophy should be able to take care of her children?

5. How does Rousseau recommend a man gain knowledge of different nations?

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