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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. What kind of religion does Rousseau urge upon Emile?
(a) Natural religion.
(b) Laissez-faire religion.
(c) Conservative devotion.
(d) Libertine religion.

2. What does Rousseau say is the particular challenge for women?
(a) How to submit but also to stimulate.
(b) How to lead man to his own best interest.
(c) How to rule without seeming to rule.
(d) How to keep the house clean while taking care of children.

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

4. How many important long-term relationships had Rousseau had by the time he wrote "Emile"?
(a) Two.
(b) Zero.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

5. What does the priest urge Emile and the reader to do?
(a) Find the right religion.
(b) Never settle for one religion's answers.
(c) Return to childhood religion.
(d) Commit himself blindly to one faith and follow it.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does Emile plan to travel for?

3. Why is Emile assigned a task by his tutor?

4. What harm does Rousseau say books can do?

5. What does Sophy's name mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rousseau say about how long man should retain his virginity?

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

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

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

5. To what does Rousseau attribute the differences between men and women?

6. What does Rousseau say is the challenge for women?

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

8. How does the priest describe his feelings about leaving the church?

9. How does Rousseau say that the corruption of young grown men takes place?

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

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