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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of skills does Rousseau say Sophy should have as a young woman?
(a) Diplomatic skills.
(b) Skills that will be useful when she is a mother.
(c) Skills that will become talents in time.
(d) Skills she will no longer need as a wife.

2. What stage of marriage are Sophy's parents in by the times they are preparing Sophy for marriage?
(a) The first stage of their love is long gone, but it has sustained them.
(b) They are still very much in the first throes of love.
(c) They renew their love for each other every few years.
(d) They have grown indifferent to each other, but work together for their daughter.

3. What does Rousseau call democracy?
(a) The tyranny of the masses.
(b) A condition with more magistrates than citizens.
(c) Rule by the poor.
(d) Death by committee.

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

5. What does the priest say will happen to the errors that sowed a person's alienation from religion?
(a) They will be incorporated as tenets of mature faith.
(b) They will be mended by returning.
(c) They will keep the faith pure of being followed too strictly.
(d) They will season faith with self-preserving skepticism.

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

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

8. What task does Emile's tutor assign, which he must complete before Emile can marry?
(a) Emile must go away and make himself worthy.
(b) Emile must complete his apprenticeship.
(c) Emile must know other women.
(d) Emile must make a lot of money.

9. Why had the priest become a priest?
(a) He had wandered the world until he heard a calling.
(b) He had to choose between the church and the military.
(c) His parents had seen it as a good career.
(d) He had been raised in a church orphanage.

10. How many important long-term relationships had Rousseau had by the time he wrote "Emile"?
(a) Two.
(b) Zero.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

11. What metaphor does the priest use for the man who returns to his religion?
(a) Healing an injury.
(b) Reconciling with family.
(c) Finding eternal peace.
(d) Outfitting a ship for a voyage.

12. How does Rousseau say a woman's gentleness will affect men's power?
(a) With the effect of a stream on a stone.
(b) With the effect of sun on leaves.
(c) With the effect of fresh air on a basement.
(d) With the effect of fertilizer on roots.

13. What does Rousseau say ensures interdependence of man and woman?
(a) Woman's usefulness as a tool to men's work.
(b) Man's dependence on woman.
(c) Woman's need for reason.
(d) Man's need for spiritual symbols in his life.

14. 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.

15. How long does Emile plan to travel for?
(a) A year.
(b) Six months.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Two years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Emile reminded to be, at the beginning of Book 4, Chapter 3, "Managing the Sexual Desires"?

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

3. How does Rousseau say Sophy should be able to take care of her children?

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

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

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