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

2. What was Rousseau's childhood household like?
(a) Loving and gentle.
(b) Cosmopolitan and literary.
(c) Harsh and silent.
(d) Violent and chaotic.

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

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

5. What was the dominant idea in Europe when Rousseau wrote "Emile"?
(a) That knowledge is innate.
(b) That all knowledge is just remembering.
(c) That knowledge comes from the senses.
(d) That knowledge comes from God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage does physical activity confer on a student?

2. What example does Rousseau use for teaching Emile to read?

3. What additional factor allows a child to exceed his limits?

4. How was Rousseau helped in establishing a career?

5. What is most relevant in deciding how or whether to punish a child?

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