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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Book 5 : Chapter 1, Sophy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can woman exercise cruelty in her turn, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) By making a man wonder who is visiting during the day.
(b) By humiliating the man with her low behavior.
(c) By giving her babies away for adoption.
(d) By bringing another man's baby into the marriage.

2. How does Rousseau describe being married?
(a) As "doing one's duty."
(b) As "returning to your original state."
(c) As "acting upon the passions of society."
(d) As "sharing the fruits of one's maturity."

3. Why does woman submit to man, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) Because of man's greater capacity for reason.
(b) Because of woman's tendency to irrationality.
(c) Because of man's greater strength.
(d) Because of woman's greater understanding.

4. What does Rousseau say is new for adolescents?
(a) Desire and family.
(b) Knowledge and fear.
(c) Passions and humility.
(d) Perception and judgment.

5. What does Rousseau warn against with regard to desire?
(a) Dividing desire.
(b) Ignoring desire.
(c) Fulfilling desire.
(d) Channeling desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many important long-term relationships had Rousseau had by the time he wrote "Emile"?

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

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

4. What is Rousseau's focus in Chapter 1, Book 3?

5. How does Rousseau believe physical activity affects perception?

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