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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the customary view of children, according to Rousseau?
(a) That they are raw material.
(b) That they are angels.
(c) That they are devilish.
(d) That they are weak.

2. How did the man to whom Rousseau was apprenticed treat Rousseau?
(a) Dispassionately.
(b) Violently.
(c) Affectionately.
(d) Gently.

3. What does Rousseau say about the first 25 years of a man's life?
(a) They are the heart of a man's character.
(b) They go quickly.
(c) They have nothing to do with the next 25 years.
(d) That few people survive them.

4. What advice does Rousseau give to mothers?
(a) Rear their children in the country.
(b) Hire a nanny for the child.
(c) Rear their children near their schools.
(d) Never let the children outside.

5. Rousseau contrasts book learning with what kind of learning?
(a) Learning from competition.
(b) Learning from dictation.
(c) Learning from watching.
(d) Hands-on learning.

6. What does Rousseau recommend mothers should give up?
(a) Swaddling clothes.
(b) Foot binding.
(c) Books.
(d) Breastfeeding.

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

8. How does Rousseau answer Emile's question about where babies come from?
(a) He refuses to answer the question until Emile is older.
(b) In explicit detail.
(c) In polite euphemisms.
(d) Without describing sexual activity but without being deceitful.

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

10. What does Rousseau say Emile has been protected from in his education?
(a) Knowing evil.
(b) Being satisfied with what he has.
(c) Knowing his strength.
(d) Wanting what was beyond his grasp.

11. How does Rousseau say selfishness is ever satisfied?
(a) It is satisfied in nationalism.
(b) It is never satisfied.
(c) It is perfected in familial duty.
(d) It is satisfied with wealth and power.

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

13. What allows adolescents to reach a developmental peak in adolescence?
(a) The lack of sexual desire.
(b) The beginnings of sexual desire.
(c) The attainment of sexual maturity.
(d) The fluidity of sexual identification.

14. What does Rousseau say is the trouble with being attractive to women?
(a) Being overwhelmed by strong emotions.
(b) Getting into debt.
(c) Being hounded into actions one is not ready for.
(d) Making promises in love letters, which cannot be fulfilled.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When should children begin book learning, in Rousseau's opinion?

2. What does Rousseau recommend for children, along with physical activity?

3. What was Rousseau's childhood household like?

4. What kind of approach does Rousseau advocate for parents when their children are hurt?

5. If someone published under his/her own name, what question did he/her confront?

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