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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rousseau change his stance about marriage as Book 4, Chapter 3 goes on?
(a) He says that marriage can lead to God.
(b) He says that premature marriage is not ideal.
(c) He says that marriage is not always a return to virtue.
(d) He says that marriage can often be a vice.

2. Where do the differences between men's and women's roles originate, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) In men's competition with each other.
(b) In women's conspiracies against each other.
(c) In nature.
(d) In a conspiracy against women.

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

4. What is the purpose of Sophy in the education Rousseau is designing for Emile?
(a) To fire him with burning desire.
(b) To help him resist corruption.
(c) To distract him from spiritual things.
(d) To lead him on with the promise of consummation.

5. What value must Sophy's parents protect for her before she is married?
(a) Her beauty.
(b) Her innocence.
(c) Her purity.
(d) Her social status.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Sophy's skills?

2. How does Emile feel when his tutor assigns him the task that must be completed before he can marry?

3. What is Emile reminded to be, at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3, "Managing the Sexual Desires"?

4. What kind of value should Sophy's skills have, in Rousseau's opinion?

5. How much freedom do Emile and Sophy have in their courtship?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Emile's mentor informs Emile that he needs to go apart from Sophy and make himself worthy of her as a husband?

2. What does Rousseau say about when Emile should be married?

3. What skills in particular does Rousseau say Sophy should possess?

4. How does Emile react to the news that he and Sophy have to separate?

5. What does Rousseau say about how much Emile should be worked, and how he should be worked?

6. What does Rousseau say about men's and women's proper role and temperament?

7. What does Rousseau say about the conflict between the sexes?

8. What does Rousseau say are the benefits and dangers of book learning?

9. What does Rousseau say is the ideal age for marrying?

10. What does Emile's father tell Emile about sexual fidelity in men and women?

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