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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 the consequence of too many slips in the child-rearing process?
(a) The child becomes too obedient.
(b) The child becomes well adjusted.
(c) The child becomes a coward.
(d) The child becomes a tyrant.

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

3. What does Rousseau say is the purpose of education?
(a) Giving children a sense of their own innate divinity.
(b) Giving children a sense of their potential.
(c) Giving children a sense of their limitations.
(d) Giving children a sense of their innate damnation.

4. What trade did Rousseau apprentice in?
(a) Engraving.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Painting.
(d) Blacksmithing.

5. How old was Rousseau when he wrote "Emile"?
(a) In his 50s.
(b) In his 30s.
(c) In his 60s.
(d) In his 40s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Rousseau's father's trade?

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

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

5. Which philosopher does Rousseau cite by name in the section on Submission?

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