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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. From what does Rousseau want to protect children?
(a) Fear of Hell.
(b) Fear of failure.
(c) Fear of embarrassment.
(d) Fear of hurt.

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

3. How did the man to whom Rousseau was apprenticed treat Rousseau?
(a) Gently.
(b) Violently.
(c) Dispassionately.
(d) Affectionately.

4. What does Rousseau say is the danger of books?
(a) That they will lead to false belief.
(b) That they will not educate the spirit.
(c) That they do not all use the same meanings for words.
(d) That they require one to read yet more books.

5. What kind of mother does Rousseau address himself to?
(a) Mothers who have traditions.
(b) Mothers who follow the rules.
(c) Mothers who think for themselves.
(d) Mothers who believe in God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?

2. What is Rousseau's ideal for child rearing?

3. Who begins to have an influence on the child after the mother has weaned the boy?

4. How does Rousseau suggest we see childhood?

5. How does Rousseau believe physical activity affects perception?

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