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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Book 2 : Chapter 2, Submission.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What argument does Rousseau use to support his emphasis on the need for physical activity in children?
(a) He refers to studies that have been conducted.
(b) He refutes philosophers' claims to the contrary.
(c) He cites philosophers who agree with him.
(d) He appeals to the reader's common sense.

2. What was the official perception of "Emile"?
(a) Rousseau was challenging common sense.
(b) Rousseau was committing treason.
(c) Rousseau was being disobedient to the rulers of France.
(d) Rousseau was encouraging readers to break the law.

3. What distinction does epistemology seek to make?
(a) Between what is eternal and what is particular.
(b) Between what is material and what is spirit.
(c) Between what is real and what is imaginative.
(d) Between what is true and what is false.

4. What does Rousseau say he wants Emile to learn?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Virtue.

5. What does the field of epistemology concern itself with?
(a) The ideal forms behind the reality we experience.
(b) The realities behind the appearances we can see and measure.
(c) How we know what we know.
(d) The study of correspondence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author of the introduction suggest was the reason for the success of "Emile" as a book?

2. Who rewarded Rousseau for writing "Emile"?

3. What does Rousseau recommend for children, along with physical activity?

4. Which philosopher was Rousseau strongly influenced by?

5. What was the dominant idea in Europe when Rousseau wrote "Emile"?

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