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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Sophy's skills?
(a) She is a good cook.
(b) She is well read in philosophy.
(c) She is an empathetic listener.
(d) She is good with her hands.

2. What does Rousseau want Emile to respect in the relationship between men and women?
(a) The spirit that animates men and women alike.
(b) The differences that men and women harbor.
(c) The natural world in which men and women exist.
(d) The awe men and women can feel for the divine.

3. Where do the differences between men's and women's roles originate, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) In women's conspiracies against each other.
(b) In a conspiracy against women.
(c) In nature.
(d) In men's competition with each other.

4. What does the author offer to the reader of Book 4, Chapter 2?
(a) Sympathy for their troubles.
(b) Rewards for their devotion.
(c) Examples for their resumption of prayers.
(d) Guidance for their skepticism.

5. What saddened the priest after he left the church?
(a) The years he had wasted in celibacy.
(b) The obedience he had submitted to.
(c) The ignorance he discovered in himself.
(d) The restrictions he had placed himself under.

6. What does Sophy's name mean?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Experience.
(c) Power.
(d) Love.

7. Which impulse does Emile's father say Emile should be motivated by in his marriage?
(a) Humility.
(b) Love.
(c) Awe.
(d) Duty.

8. Why is Emile assigned a task by his tutor?
(a) Because a man should not marry without a stable income.
(b) Because he is still immature, not ready for marriage emotionally.
(c) Because his training will be incomplete until he has lost something dear to him.
(d) Because Sophy needs to know that she can rely on him.

9. What benefit does Rousseau say can come from reading books?
(a) Intimacy with the divine.
(b) Great learning.
(c) Wealth and status.
(d) Broad experience.

10. What does the term 'lover' mean as Rousseau applies it to Emile and Sophy?
(a) They are pregnant.
(b) They have already consummated their relationship.
(c) They are considering marrying.
(d) They are engaged.

11. What is Sophy like before she becomes Emile's ideal wife?
(a) A good daughter.
(b) A mother.
(c) A humble worker.
(d) A nun.

12. What quality is necessary for any marriage to succeed, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) Mutual affection.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Romance.
(d) Cooperation.

13. Why does Sophy fend Emile off during their courtship?
(a) For the sake of her honor.
(b) For the sake of preserving her innocence.
(c) For the sake of heightening the expectations for the wedding.
(d) For the sake of her sanity.

14. What paradox does Rousseau observe in the relations of the sexes?
(a) They share many utensils, but use them for very different jobs.
(b) They are always around each other and don't understand each other at all.
(c) They use the same language but understand very different things.
(d) They are quite different and yet quite similar.

15. What did a career in the church offer the priest?
(a) Security from want.
(b) Peace from desire.
(c) Fulfillment in God.
(d) Upward mobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition does the priest impose on his advice?

2. How is Book 5, Chapter 2 different from the previous chapters?

3. What does Rousseau say ensures interdependence of man and woman?

4. What field did the priest explore after leaving the church?

5. What is the subject of Book 5, Chapter 2?

(see the answer keys)

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