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

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

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

4. What argument does Rousseau use to support his emphasis on the need for physical activity in children?
(a) He appeals to the reader's common sense.
(b) He refers to studies that have been conducted.
(c) He refutes philosophers' claims to the contrary.
(d) He cites philosophers who agree with him.

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

6. What does Rousseau say he wants Emile to learn?
(a) Discipline.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Ignorance.

7. 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 the child's moral development above all.
(c) Care for children physically to allow them to perceive correctly.
(d) Confine the child's body in order to bring its soul into alignment with reason.

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

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

10. 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.

11. How many children did Rousseau have?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 0.

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

13. What balance does Rousseau try to strike in his child rearing?
(a) Create an obedient child without making him hate you.
(b) Teach strict morals and free will.
(c) Be responsive but retain authority.
(d) Leave the child free but also structure its learning.

14. What does Rousseau say children are working within as they attain their strength?
(a) Their inherent innocence.
(b) The spectrum of ancient knowledge.
(c) Their times.
(d) Their own range and mode.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What distinction does epistemology seek to make?

2. What does Rousseau contrast with the active lifestyle?

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

4. Who rewarded Rousseau for writing "Emile"?

5. What does Rousseau say is new for adolescents?

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