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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. What is the consequence of too many slips in the child-rearing process?
(a) The child becomes well adjusted.
(b) The child becomes too obedient.
(c) The child becomes a tyrant.
(d) The child becomes a coward.

2. What is the ultimate goal of Rousseau's educational philosophy?
(a) A student who acts as a repository for facts and theories for the benefit of the society around him.
(b) A student who can quote scripture for anything that happens, no matter how rare or unusual.
(c) A student who can discern the difference between not knowing and ineffective grasps at knowledge.
(d) A student who can observe the laws of the government and of the church.

3. What does Rousseau say about self-love?
(a) It is the goal of growth.
(b) It is healthy and natural.
(c) It is a necessary stage.
(d) It is a beast.

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

5. What does Rousseau say is the purpose of education?
(a) Giving children a sense of their limitations.
(b) Giving children a sense of their own innate divinity.
(c) Giving children a sense of their innate damnation.
(d) Giving children a sense of their potential.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the priest urge Emile and the reader to do?

2. What single subject is Book 4, Chapter 2 devoted to?

3. What does the adolescent's strength allow him to do?

4. Who rewarded Rousseau for writing "Emile"?

5. How was Rousseau rewarded for writing "Emile"?

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