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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. How much freedom do Emile and Sophy have in their courtship?
(a) They can walk alone together, but cannot touch.
(b) They have taken a vow not to sleep together before marriage.
(c) They are free to do as they like.
(d) They cannot touch, and they are always chaperoned.

2. What does Rousseau say is cruel and unjust in a man's behavior?
(a) To force a woman to raise children.
(b) To fail to ensure a woman's safety.
(c) To reduce woman to a spiritual symbol.
(d) To give children up for adoption.

3. What is it that allows an adolescent to exceed his limits?
(a) A strength he assumes by strict physical training.
(b) A strength that had always been there, unused.
(c) A strength that he did not know he had.
(d) A strength he attains as the reward for competition against his peers.

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

5. What does Rousseau say is the trouble with being attractive to women?
(a) Getting into debt.
(b) Being hounded into actions one is not ready for.
(c) Being overwhelmed by strong emotions.
(d) Making promises in love letters, which cannot be fulfilled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What saddened the priest after he left the church?

2. What is the purpose of Sophy in the education Rousseau is designing for Emile?

3. What paradox does Rousseau observe in the relations of the sexes?

4. What is Sophy like before she becomes Emile's ideal wife?

5. How does the exposition shift at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3?

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