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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 was the official perception of "Emile"?
(a) Rousseau was being disobedient to the rulers of France.
(b) Rousseau was encouraging readers to break the law.
(c) Rousseau was committing treason.
(d) Rousseau was challenging common sense.

2. What does the author offer to the reader of Book 4, Chapter 2?
(a) Sympathy for their troubles.
(b) Rewards for their devotion.
(c) Guidance for their skepticism.
(d) Examples for their resumption of prayers.

3. What does Rousseau say supplies the greatest motivational force for a student?
(a) Threat of punishment.
(b) Interest.
(c) Promise of reward.
(d) Fear of humiliation

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say a man should have learned in his first 25 years?

2. Rousseau contrasts book learning with what kind of learning?

3. What does Rousseau recommend mothers should give up?

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

5. What does Rousseau say an adolescent's new powers and experiences cause him or her to do?

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