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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What factor does Rousseau say has increased the need for government control?
(a) Innovations in weaponry.
(b) Increase in population.
(c) Inoculations.
(d) Steam engines and railroads.

2. How has Emile come to feel about Sophy as Book 5, Chapter 3 begins?
(a) Devoted.
(b) Ardent.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Concupiscent.

3. Against what kind of trap does Rousseau warn Emile?
(a) Expensive offerings.
(b) Excessive dogmas.
(c) Insufficiently rigorous faith.
(d) Demanding devotions.

4. What kind of value should Sophy's skills have, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) Spiritual value.
(b) Theoretical value.
(c) Practical value.
(d) Economic value.

5. Why does woman submit to man, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) Because of woman's tendency to irrationality.
(b) Because of man's greater capacity for reason.
(c) Because of man's greater strength.
(d) Because of woman's greater understanding.

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

7. What led to the priest's downfall as a priest?
(a) A disreputable woman.
(b) His longing for secular knowledge.
(c) His admiration for 'the marital condition.'
(d) His passion for cards.

8. What does Rousseau recommend for Emile concerning sexual experience?
(a) He recommends he remain a virgin until marriage.
(b) He recommends he enter the clerisy.
(c) He recommends he follow his own leanings.
(d) He recommends he gather experience before marriage.

9. What does Rousseau say is the rule for men?
(a) Quest after elevated things.
(b) Know yourself.
(c) Be strong and active.
(d) Overcome yourself.

10. At what age should Sophy's parents prepare her for marriage?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

11. What is the purpose of Sophy in the education Rousseau is designing for Emile?
(a) To help him resist corruption.
(b) To fire him with burning desire.
(c) To distract him from spiritual things.
(d) To lead him on with the promise of consummation.

12. How did the priest enter the clergy?
(a) He followed his own spiritual path.
(b) He followed directions.
(c) He bribed a bishop.
(d) He bought his pastorate from a friend.

13. What must Sophy and her parents determine in choosing a spouse for her?
(a) Whether the man is wealthy.
(b) Whether she and the man are suited to each other.
(c) Whether the man is temperate.
(d) Whether the man is successful.

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

15. What does Rousseau say is cruel and unjust in a man's behavior?
(a) To give children up for adoption.
(b) To fail to ensure a woman's safety.
(c) To reduce woman to a spiritual symbol.
(d) To force a woman to raise children.

Short Answer Questions

1. How had Rousseau raised his children?

2. What does the term 'lover' mean as Rousseau applies it to Emile and Sophy?

3. What is Rousseau's feeling about the disparity between men's and women's roles?

4. Where did the priest find that philosophers were exceptional?

5. What single subject is Book 4, Chapter 2 devoted to?

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