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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. What topic does Rousseau treat at the end of Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Religion.
(b) Corruption.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Disease.

2. What is the ultimate goal of Rousseau's educational philosophy?
(a) A student who can discern the difference between not knowing and ineffective grasps at knowledge.
(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 acts as a repository for facts and theories for the benefit of the society around him.

3. Whom does Rousseau address directly in the section on submission?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Clergy.
(c) Gentlemen.
(d) Tutors.

4. What kind of approach does Rousseau advocate for parents when their children are hurt?
(a) Moderate approach: let the child see that he will be all right.
(b) Drastic approach: take the child to a doctor immediately.
(c) Hands-off approach: let the child fend for himself.
(d) Punitive approach: punish the child for getting hurt.

5. What distinction does epistemology seek to make?
(a) Between what is real and what is imaginative.
(b) Between what is eternal and what is particular.
(c) Between what is material and what is spirit.
(d) Between what is true and what is false.

Short Answer Questions

1. What argument does Rousseau use to support his emphasis on the need for physical activity in children?

2. Why did the priest feel that he had lost his entire religion?

3. What does Rousseau say children are working within as they attain their strength?

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

5. What observation does Rousseau make about the world in the beginning of Book 4 Chapter 1?

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