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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau recommend for Emile concerning sexual experience?

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

3. What does Rousseau want Emile to respect in the relationship between men and women?

4. How does Rousseau explain the relations of the sexes?

5. What kind of love does Emile's father recommend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that the priest says will allow Emile to return to his childhood religion?

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

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

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

5. What is Rousseau's perspective when he writes about sexual desire in Book 4, Chapter 3?

6. How does the priest describe the reconciliation when someone returns to his or her childhood religion?

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

8. What three forces does Rousseau say are involved in preparing Sophy for marriage?

9. What kind of contact is allowed between Emile and Sophy?

10. Why does Rousseau aim to foster restraint in Emile?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is there contradiction in Emile's learning to value ignorance, and Rousseau saying that the worst thing a woman can inflict on a man is ignorance about his paternity?

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between Emile and Rousseau? Would Emile's education be a success or a failure if he ended up writing a book like "Emile"? Is the book intended to prevent him from having to write a book of his own?

Essay Topic 3

How does Rousseau's biography affect your reading of his work? Does it make a difference that he gave away five children, or that he was helped by his relationships with women? Does he gain or lose authority for his biography?

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