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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 did the man to whom Rousseau was apprenticed treat Rousseau?
(a) Dispassionately.
(b) Affectionately.
(c) Gently.
(d) Violently.

2. What kind of strength does Rousseau say adolescents attain?
(a) Moral.
(b) Physical.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Emotional.

3. What does Rousseau say he wants Emile to learn?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Virtue.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the official perception of "Emile"?

3. Whom does Rousseau address in Chapter 1, Book 3?

4. When should children begin book learning, in Rousseau's opinion?

5. How old was Rousseau when he wrote "Emile"?

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