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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. What does Rousseau want Emile to respect in the relationship between men and women?
(a) The differences that men and women harbor.
(b) The natural world in which men and women exist.
(c) The spirit that animates men and women alike.
(d) The awe men and women can feel for the divine.

2. What was Rousseau's father's trade?
(a) Watch maker.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Professor.
(d) Cooper.

3. What advantage does physical activity confer on a student?
(a) Vigor to face the threats in life.
(b) Hard-heartedness to face suffering.
(c) Strength to overcome emotions.
(d) Patience to face loss.

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

5. What does Rousseau say is the purpose of education?
(a) Giving children a sense of their limitations.
(b) Giving children a sense of their innate damnation.
(c) Giving children a sense of their own innate divinity.
(d) Giving children a sense of their potential.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many important long-term relationships had Rousseau had by the time he wrote "Emile"?

2. From what does Rousseau want to protect children?

3. What does Rousseau say changes the effects of women on young men?

4. In what does Rousseau say selfishness is rooted?

5. Which philosopher does Rousseau cite by name in the section on Submission?

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