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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 Rousseau lose his apprenticeship?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He returned home to care for his parents.
(c) He was caught stealing.
(d) He got drunk one night.

2. What is the customary view of children, according to Rousseau?
(a) That they are angels.
(b) That they are weak.
(c) That they are devilish.
(d) That they are raw material.

3. What innate ability allows a child to exceed his limits?
(a) The ability to take responsible actions.
(b) The ability to learn from experience.
(c) The ability to discern right from wrong.
(d) The ability to read.

4. What is the ultimate goal of Rousseau's educational philosophy?
(a) A student who can observe the laws of the government and of the church.
(b) A student who acts as a repository for facts and theories for the benefit of the society around him.
(c) A student who can quote scripture for anything that happens, no matter how rare or unusual.
(d) A student who can discern the difference between not knowing and ineffective grasps at knowledge.

5. Who begins to have an influence on the child after the mother has weaned the boy?
(a) The nanny.
(b) God.
(c) The tutor.
(d) The siblings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say Emile has been protected from in his education?

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

3. What did Rousseau require in order to obtain Emile's submission at the end of the Early Childhood section?

4. What does Rousseau say an adolescent's new powers and experiences cause him or her to do?

5. If someone published under his/her own name, what question did he/her confront?

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