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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the consequence of too many slips in the child-rearing process?
(a) The child becomes too obedient.
(b) The child becomes well adjusted.
(c) The child becomes a tyrant.
(d) The child becomes a coward.

2. Which student does Rousseau say will learn quickest?
(a) The student motivated by selfishness.
(b) The student motivated by desire to know.
(c) The student motivated by the threat of parental judgment.
(d) The student motivated by competition with fellow students.

3. What was Rousseau's father's trade?
(a) Cooper.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Professor.
(d) Watch maker.

4. How does Rousseau suggest telling students about where babies come from?
(a) Say that they come from woman's body, with difficulty for the woman.
(b) Say that they come from God.
(c) Say that they come from the fertilization of an egg by a man's sperm.
(d) Say that they come from a stork, or another mythic beast.

5. What kind of opinions does Rousseau seem to hold, as he talks about book learning?
(a) Skeptical.
(b) Anti-intellectual.
(c) Reverential.
(d) Devotional.

6. What kind of background does Rousseau say he came from?
(a) Openly sensual.
(b) Conservative.
(c) Chaste.
(d) Libertine.

7. What trait is needed in tutors who are trying to win a student's submission?
(a) Love of virtue.
(b) Cleverness.
(c) Deceitfulness.
(d) Earnestness.

8. What does Rousseau say about self-love?
(a) It is the goal of growth.
(b) It is a necessary stage.
(c) It is healthy and natural.
(d) It is a beast.

9. What observation does Rousseau make about the world in the beginning of Book 4 Chapter 1?
(a) How much knowledge there is to acquire.
(b) How much money there is to be made.
(c) How much sorrow there is in the world.
(d) How much potential there is in man.

10. What additional factor allows a child to exceed his limits?
(a) The child's geographical location.
(b) The child's culture.
(c) The child's temperament.
(d) The child's education.

11. What does Rousseau explicate regarding selfishness?
(a) How it is created by teachers.
(b) How it emerges naturally.
(c) How it is falling into laziness.
(d) How it is sown by passions.

12. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?
(a) Mortify the body in order to focus the will on the world of the spirit.
(b) Care for children physically to allow them to perceive correctly.
(c) Confine the child's body in order to bring its soul into alignment with reason.
(d) Care for the child's moral development above all.

13. How old was Rousseau when he wrote "Emile"?
(a) In his 30s.
(b) In his 50s.
(c) In his 40s.
(d) In his 60s.

14. With what tone does Rousseau open Book 4 Chapter 1?
(a) Reasoned explanation.
(b) Powerful exhortation.
(c) Energetic lamentation.
(d) Passionate accusation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Rousseau say manhood begins?

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

3. How did the man to whom Rousseau was apprenticed treat Rousseau?

4. What does the adolescent's strength allow him to do?

5. What is the ultimate goal of Rousseau's educational philosophy?

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