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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Against what does Rousseau warn teachers?
(a) Dishonesty with their students.
(b) Giving students too much freedom.
(c) Simplifying the truth.
(d) Consorting with their students.

2. Which philosopher was Rousseau strongly influenced by?
(a) Plotinus.
(b) John Locke.
(c) Seneca.
(d) John Stuart Mill.

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

4. What does Rousseau say changes the effects of women on young men?
(a) Love poetry.
(b) Violent rages.
(c) Existential despair.
(d) Hormonal flushes.

5. How was Rousseau helped in establishing a career?
(a) By support from the deans at the Sorbonne.
(b) By support from his parents.
(c) By support from a mentor and benefactor.
(d) By his relationships with women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say is the rule for women?

2. What distinction does epistemology seek to make?

3. What does Rousseau say supplies the greatest motivational force for a student?

4. What proportion of children reached adulthood in Rousseau's time?

5. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?

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