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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. How did Rousseau lose his apprenticeship?
(a) He was caught stealing.
(b) He got drunk one night.
(c) He returned home to care for his parents.
(d) He ran away.

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

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

4. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?
(a) Mortify the body in order to focus the will on the world of the spirit.
(b) Confine the child's body in order to bring its soul into alignment with reason.
(c) Care for the child's moral development above all.
(d) Care for children physically to allow them to perceive correctly.

5. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?
(a) Earnestness.
(b) Cleverness.
(c) Love of virtue.
(d) Deceitfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of opinions does Rousseau seem to hold, as he talks about book learning?

2. What is the ultimate goal of Rousseau's educational philosophy?

3. What is the consequence of too many slips in the child-rearing process?

4. Rousseau contrasts book learning with what kind of learning?

5. How was Rousseau helped in establishing a career?

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