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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What topic does Rousseau treat at the end of Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Religion.
(b) Disease.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Corruption.
2. 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 are quite different and yet quite similar.
(d) They use the same language but understand very different things.
3. What metaphor does the priest use for the man who returns to his religion?
(a) Healing an injury.
(b) Reconciling with family.
(c) Outfitting a ship for a voyage.
(d) Finding eternal peace.
4. Why does Sophy fend Emile off during their courtship?
(a) For the sake of her sanity.
(b) For the sake of her honor.
(c) For the sake of heightening the expectations for the wedding.
(d) For the sake of preserving her innocence.
5. What does Rousseau say is cruel and unjust in a man's behavior?
(a) To reduce woman to a spiritual symbol.
(b) To force a woman to raise children.
(c) To give children up for adoption.
(d) To fail to ensure a woman's safety.
6. What does the priest say does not work?
(a) Apostasy.
(b) Submission.
(c) Faith.
(d) Heresy.
7. Where do the differences between men's and women's roles originate, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) In nature.
(b) In a conspiracy against women.
(c) In men's competition with each other.
(d) In women's conspiracies against each other.
8. How does the exposition shift at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) The priest takes a threatening tone.
(b) Rousseau interjects that he is leaving the discourse.
(c) The watchmaker takes over the discourse.
(d) Rousseau resumes the discourse.
9. What does the term 'lover' mean as Rousseau applies it to Emile and Sophy?
(a) They are pregnant.
(b) They are considering marrying.
(c) They have already consummated their relationship.
(d) They are engaged.
10. What subject does the author address in Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Religion.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Sexuality.
(d) Morality.
11. Who is at greatest risk in the courtship of Emile and Sophy?
(a) Sophy's family.
(b) Emile.
(c) Sophy.
(d) Emile's family.
12. How will the right amount of work affect Emile?
(a) It will make him sleep soundly.
(b) It will make his mind receptive.
(c) It will keep his digestion regular.
(d) It will mitigate his desires.
13. What are Sophy's skills?
(a) She is an empathetic listener.
(b) She is a good cook.
(c) She is well read in philosophy.
(d) She is good with her hands.
14. What does Rousseau say ensures interdependence of man and woman?
(a) Man's need for spiritual symbols in his life.
(b) Woman's need for reason.
(c) Man's dependence on woman.
(d) Woman's usefulness as a tool to men's work.
15. Why does woman submit to man, in Rousseau's opinion?
(a) Because of woman's greater understanding.
(b) Because of man's greater capacity for reason.
(c) Because of man's greater strength.
(d) Because of woman's tendency to irrationality.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the author offer to the reader of Book 4, Chapter 2?
2. How is Book 5, Chapter 2 different from the previous chapters?
3. What single subject is Book 4, Chapter 2 devoted to?
4. What kinds of skills does Rousseau say Sophy should have as a young woman?
5. What harm does Rousseau say books can do?
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