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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. Who should have the power in a family?
(a) The nanny.
(b) The parents.
(c) God.
(d) The child.

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

3. If someone published under his/her own name, what question did he/her confront?
(a) Whether readers would write to them personally.
(b) Whether the people in their city would acknowledge or shun them.
(c) Whether their social superiors would punish or reward them.
(d) Whether their family would disown them.

4. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?
(a) The tension between free will on one hand and limitation on the other.
(b) The tension between needs and desires on one hand and social conformity on the other.
(c) The tension between physical existence on one hand and spiritual existence on the other.
(d) The tension between morality of the body on one hand and immortality of works on the other.

5. What kind of background does Rousseau say he came from?
(a) Libertine.
(b) Openly sensual.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Chaste.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau contrast with the active lifestyle?

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

3. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?

4. In what sense does Rousseau say that children have strength?

5. Who rewarded Rousseau for writing "Emile"?

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