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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Book 4 : Chapter 3, Managing the Sexual Desires.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the priest describe the period after he left the church?
(a) As the beginning of his true faith and wisdom.
(b) As the end of his love for life.
(c) As one of the most disturbing periods of his life.
(d) As the beginning of his enjoyment of life.

2. 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 children physically to allow them to perceive correctly.
(c) Care for the child's moral development above all.
(d) Confine the child's body in order to bring its soul into alignment with reason.

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

4. Who tried to punish Rousseau for writing "Emile"?
(a) Public authorities.
(b) Bureaucrats.
(c) Townspeople in his city.
(d) The aristocracy.

5. What is most relevant in deciding how or whether to punish a child?
(a) The rule or law at issue.
(b) The spiritual dangers of the issue.
(c) The circumstances and the context of the infraction.
(d) The temperaments of the parent and the child.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Rousseau say about the first 25 years of a man's life?

4. What does the field of epistemology concern itself with?

5. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?

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