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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What innate ability allows a child to exceed his limits?
(a) The ability to take responsible actions.
(b) The ability to read.
(c) The ability to discern right from wrong.
(d) The ability to learn from experience.

2. What does Rousseau say is the purpose of education?
(a) Giving children a sense of their innate damnation.
(b) Giving children a sense of their own innate divinity.
(c) Giving children a sense of their limitations.
(d) Giving children a sense of their potential.

3. What does Rousseau say is the source of inner conflict?
(a) The tension between morality of the body on one hand and immortality of works on the other.
(b) The tension between physical existence on one hand and spiritual existence on the other.
(c) The tension between needs and desires on one hand and social conformity on the other.
(d) The tension between free will on one hand and limitation on the other.

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

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

6. What kind of clothing does Rousseau prefer for children?
(a) Loose-fitting.
(b) Greek tunics.
(c) Clothing reinforced with whalebone.
(d) Roman robes.

7. What does the field of epistemology concern itself with?
(a) The realities behind the appearances we can see and measure.
(b) The ideal forms behind the reality we experience.
(c) How we know what we know.
(d) The study of correspondence.

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

9. When should children begin book learning, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) As soon as they are walking.
(b) As soon as they can read.
(c) After they have had direct experience.
(d) After they have learned to write.

10. What does Rousseau say changes the effects of women on young men?
(a) Hormonal flushes.
(b) Violent rages.
(c) Love poetry.
(d) Existential despair.

11. What does the adolescent's strength allow him to do?
(a) Exceed earlier limits.
(b) Compete with adults.
(c) Complete a masterpiece and enter a trade.
(d) Understand human nature.

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

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

14. What was the dominant idea in Europe when Rousseau wrote "Emile"?
(a) That knowledge comes from the senses.
(b) That knowledge is innate.
(c) That all knowledge is just remembering.
(d) That knowledge comes from God.

15. What was the official perception of "Emile"?
(a) Rousseau was challenging common sense.
(b) Rousseau was committing treason.
(c) Rousseau was encouraging readers to break the law.
(d) Rousseau was being disobedient to the rulers of France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that allows an adolescent to exceed his limits?

2. What was Rousseau's childhood household like?

3. Why does Rousseau say that children lack strength?

4. How did Rousseau lose his apprenticeship?

5. How does Rousseau suggest telling students about where babies come from?

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