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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. Who begins to have an influence on the child after the mother has weaned the boy?
(a) The siblings.
(b) The nanny.
(c) God.
(d) The tutor.

2. If someone published under his/her own name, what question did he/her confront?
(a) Whether their social superiors would punish or reward them.
(b) Whether the people in their city would acknowledge or shun them.
(c) Whether their family would disown them.
(d) Whether readers would write to them personally.

3. How many children did Rousseau have?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 4.

4. How does Rousseau suggest we see childhood?
(a) As a stage in the man's development.
(b) As the goal for all men's development.
(c) As a time in itself.
(d) As a perfect state in itself.

5. What proportion of children reached adulthood in Rousseau's time?
(a) All.
(b) Half.
(c) Three quarters.
(d) A quarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?

2. What distinction does epistemology seek to make?

3. What example does Rousseau use for teaching Emile to read?

4. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?

5. What trade did Rousseau apprentice in?

(see the answer key)

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