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

2. How does the exposition shift at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Rousseau interjects that he is leaving the discourse.
(b) The priest takes a threatening tone.
(c) Rousseau resumes the discourse.
(d) The watchmaker takes over the discourse.

3. What example does Rousseau use for teaching Emile to read?
(a) The tutor threatened to humiliate Emile if he did not know his letters.
(b) The tutor cajoled Emile with praise and gifts.
(c) The tutor left notes around for Emile and Emile wanted to read them.
(d) The tutor told Emile that he would be rewarded if he learned to read.

4. Who begins to have an influence on the child after the mother has weaned the boy?
(a) The nanny.
(b) The tutor.
(c) God.
(d) The siblings.

5. What change does a man experience at his second birth?
(a) Facial hair and a deeper voice.
(b) Sexual desire.
(c) The ability to reason.
(d) The ability to hold complex ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rousseau change his stance about marriage as Book 4, Chapter 3 goes on?

2. What was the official perception of "Emile"?

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

4. What is the consequence of too many slips in the child-rearing process?

5. What does Rousseau say is the rule for women?

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