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

2. In what does Rousseau say selfishness is rooted?
(a) Nostalgia for a prelapsarian state.
(b) Resentment of childhood sexual trauma.
(c) Competition between facets of the self.
(d) Comparison of the self with others.

3. Which student does Rousseau say will learn quickest?
(a) The student motivated by selfishness.
(b) The student motivated by the threat of parental judgment.
(c) The student motivated by desire to know.
(d) The student motivated by competition with fellow students.

4. What is the ultimate goal of Rousseau's educational philosophy?
(a) A student who acts as a repository for facts and theories for the benefit of the society around him.
(b) A student who can observe the laws of the government and of the church.
(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. 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) Speak with new authority.
(d) Chafe against constraints.