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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 competition with fellow students.
(d) The student motivated by the threat of parental judgment.

5. What trade did Rousseau apprentice in?
(a) Painting.
(b) Blacksmithing.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Engraving.

6. What does Rousseau urge people to avoid?
(a) Gossip and rumor.
(b) Pride.
(c) Corruption and sin.
(d) Superstition.

7. Why does Rousseau say that children lack strength?
(a) Because they have not been fed well.
(b) Because they are compared with adults.
(c) Because they have been subjected to book learning.
(d) Because they have not exercised enough.

8. When does Rousseau say manhood begins?
(a) At 25.
(b) At 16.
(c) At 18.
(d) At 21.

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

10. How does Rousseau believe physical activity affects perception?
(a) He believes it suppresses disruptive emotions.
(b) He believes it attunes students to spiritual perception.
(c) He believes it sharpens perception.
(d) He believes it teaches students to feel their emotions.

11. Who should have the power in a family?
(a) God.
(b) The child.
(c) The nanny.
(d) The parents.

12. 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 sorrow there is in the world.
(c) How much money there is to be made.
(d) How much potential there is in man.

13. Who tried to punish Rousseau for writing "Emile"?
(a) Bureaucrats.
(b) Townspeople in his city.
(c) The aristocracy.
(d) Public authorities.

14. What did Rousseau require in order to obtain Emile's submission at the end of the Early Childhood section?
(a) Resistance to the child's will.
(b) Righteous anger.
(c) Physical force.
(d) Reasonable persuasion.

15. What is the ultimate goal of Rousseau's educational philosophy?
(a) A student who acts as a repository for facts and theories for the benefit of the society around him.
(b) A student who can observe the laws of the government and of the church.
(c) A student who can discern the difference between not knowing and ineffective grasps at knowledge.
(d) A student who can quote scripture for anything that happens, no matter how rare or unusual.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the customary view of children, according to Rousseau?

2. Where does Rousseau say self-love is rooted?

3. What kind of opinions does Rousseau seem to hold, as he talks about book learning?

4. What balance does Rousseau try to strike in his child rearing?

5. Who rewarded Rousseau for writing "Emile"?

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