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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) Sexuality.
(b) Religion.
(c) Disease.
(d) Corruption.
2. How many important long-term relationships had Rousseau had by the time he wrote "Emile"?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Zero.
3. What stage of marriage are Sophy's parents in by the times they are preparing Sophy for marriage?
(a) They have grown indifferent to each other, but work together for their daughter.
(b) The first stage of their love is long gone, but it has sustained them.
(c) They are still very much in the first throes of love.
(d) They renew their love for each other every few years.
4. What does Rousseau want Emile to respect in the relationship between men and women?
(a) The differences that men and women harbor.
(b) The natural world in which men and women exist.
(c) The awe men and women can feel for the divine.
(d) The spirit that animates men and women alike.
5. What did a career in the church offer the priest?
(a) Fulfillment in God.
(b) Peace from desire.
(c) Security from want.
(d) Upward mobility.
6. What does Sophy's name mean?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Experience.
(c) Power.
(d) Love.
7. What single subject is Book 4, Chapter 2 devoted to?
(a) Sexuality.
(b) Religion.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Epistemology.
8. What had the priest in "The Creed of a Savoyard Priest" chapter lost when he left priesthood?
(a) His virtue.
(b) His faith.
(c) His certainty.
(d) His virginity.
9. How does Rousseau change his stance about marriage as Book 4, Chapter 3 goes on?
(a) He says that marriage can lead to God.
(b) He says that premature marriage is not ideal.
(c) He says that marriage is not always a return to virtue.
(d) He says that marriage can often be a vice.
10. How much freedom do Emile and Sophy have in their courtship?
(a) They have taken a vow not to sleep together before marriage.
(b) They are free to do as they like.
(c) They cannot touch, and they are always chaperoned.
(d) They can walk alone together, but cannot touch.
11. What is the purpose of Sophy in the education Rousseau is designing for Emile?
(a) To fire him with burning desire.
(b) To lead him on with the promise of consummation.
(c) To help him resist corruption.
(d) To distract him from spiritual things.
12. What is Sophy like before she becomes Emile's ideal wife?
(a) A humble worker.
(b) A nun.
(c) A good daughter.
(d) A mother.
13. 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 preserving her innocence.
(d) For the sake of heightening the expectations for the wedding.
14. How does Rousseau say a woman's gentleness will affect men's power?
(a) With the effect of sun on leaves.
(b) With the effect of fresh air on a basement.
(c) With the effect of fertilizer on roots.
(d) With the effect of a stream on a stone.
15. Which impulse does Emile's father say Emile should be motivated by in his marriage?
(a) Duty.
(b) Love.
(c) Awe.
(d) Humility.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the worst thing a man can think about in regard to his child, according to Rousseau?
2. How can woman exercise cruelty in her turn, in Rousseau's opinion?
3. How long does Emile plan to travel for?
4. Why did the priest feel that he had lost his entire religion?
5. How does the exposition shift at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3?
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