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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Book 4 : Chapter 1, Manhood.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?
(a) Hire a nanny for the child.
(b) Never let the children outside.
(c) Rear their children near their schools.
(d) Rear their children in the country.

4. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?
(a) Mortify the body in order to focus the will on the world of the spirit.
(b) Care for the child's moral development above all.
(c) Care for children physically to allow them to perceive correctly.
(d) Confine the child's body in order to bring its soul into alignment with reason.

5. What proportion of children reached adulthood in Rousseau's time?
(a) Half.
(b) All.
(c) A quarter.
(d) Three quarters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who begins to have an influence on the child after the mother has weaned the boy?

3. How does Rousseau define a happy life?

4. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?

5. What does Rousseau explicate regarding selfishness?

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