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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. Which philosopher does Rousseau cite by name in the section on Submission?
(a) Hume.
(b) Fleury.
(c) Kant.
(d) Hegel.

2. How does Rousseau answer Emile's question about where babies come from?
(a) In explicit detail.
(b) He refuses to answer the question until Emile is older.
(c) Without describing sexual activity but without being deceitful.
(d) In polite euphemisms.

3. What does Rousseau say changes the effects of women on young men?
(a) Love poetry.
(b) Hormonal flushes.
(c) Existential despair.
(d) Violent rages.

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

5. What does Rousseau say about selfishness?
(a) That it is a beast.
(b) That it is the last stage of a man's growth.
(c) That it is healthy and natural.
(d) That it is a stage everyone passes through.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Rousseau rewarded for writing "Emile"?

2. What topic does Rousseau treat at the end of Book 4, Chapter 3?

3. What does Rousseau say is the danger of books?

4. What is it that allows an adolescent to exceed his limits?

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

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