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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Book 4 : Chapter 2, The Creed of a Savoyard Priest.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the priest find that philosophers were exceptional?
(a) In creating phantoms and shibboleths.
(b) In arguing amongst themselves.
(c) In defining truth in human experience.
(d) In finding words for experience of the divine.

2. What does the author offer to the reader of Book 4, Chapter 2?
(a) Examples for their resumption of prayers.
(b) Rewards for their devotion.
(c) Guidance for their skepticism.
(d) Sympathy for their troubles.

3. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?
(a) The tension between needs and desires on one hand and social conformity on the other.
(b) The tension between physical existence on one hand and spiritual existence on the other.
(c) The tension between free will on one hand and limitation on the other.
(d) The tension between morality of the body on one hand and immortality of works on the other.

4. What allows adolescents to reach a developmental peak in adolescence?
(a) The fluidity of sexual identification.
(b) The beginnings of sexual desire.
(c) The attainment of sexual maturity.
(d) The lack of sexual desire.

5. How does Rousseau say selfishness is ever satisfied?
(a) It is never satisfied.
(b) It is satisfied with wealth and power.
(c) It is perfected in familial duty.
(d) It is satisfied in nationalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Rousseau address directly in the section on submission?

2. What did Rousseau require in order to obtain Emile's submission at the end of the Early Childhood section?

3. What does Rousseau say is new for adolescents?

4. What does Rousseau say about self-love?

5. What does the priest say does not work?

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