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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. What is Rousseau's focus in Chapter 1, Book 3?
(a) Innocence and experience.
(b) Truth and falsehood.
(c) Weakness and strength.
(d) Knowledge and ignorance.

2. What example does Rousseau use for teaching Emile to read?
(a) The tutor cajoled Emile with praise and gifts.
(b) The tutor told Emile that he would be rewarded if he learned to read.
(c) The tutor left notes around for Emile and Emile wanted to read them.
(d) The tutor threatened to humiliate Emile if he did not know his letters.

3. What does the author of the introduction suggest was the reason for the success of "Emile" as a book?
(a) It brought child rearing up to date with modern philosophies.
(b) It codified long-held beliefs.
(c) There was a renewed interest in child-rearing theories.
(d) It was controversial.

4. What does Rousseau say an adolescent's new powers and experiences cause him or her to do?
(a) Submit to authorities.
(b) Discover new laws.
(c) Chafe against constraints.
(d) Speak with new authority.

5. Who should have the power in a family?
(a) The child.
(b) The parents.
(c) The nanny.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of approach does Rousseau advocate for parents when their children are hurt?

2. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?

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

4. How does Rousseau suggest we see childhood?

5. Who begins to have an influence on the child after the mother has weaned the boy?

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