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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Book 3 : Chapter 1, Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rousseau believe physical activity affects perception?
(a) He believes it teaches students to feel their emotions.
(b) He believes it sharpens perception.
(c) He believes it attunes students to spiritual perception.
(d) He believes it suppresses disruptive emotions.

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

3. What does Rousseau recommend mothers should give up?
(a) Books.
(b) Breastfeeding.
(c) Foot binding.
(d) Swaddling clothes.

4. What argument does Rousseau use to support his emphasis on the need for physical activity in children?
(a) He appeals to the reader's common sense.
(b) He refers to studies that have been conducted.
(c) He cites philosophers who agree with him.
(d) He refutes philosophers' claims to the contrary.

5. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?
(a) The tension between morality of the body on one hand and immortality of works on the other.
(b) The tension between physical existence on one hand and spiritual existence on the other.
(c) The tension between free will on one hand and limitation on the other.
(d) The tension between needs and desires on one hand and social conformity on the other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say is new for adolescents?

2. How does Rousseau define a happy life?

3. What does the field of epistemology concern itself with?

4. What is it that allows an adolescent to exceed his limits?

5. How many children did Rousseau have?

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