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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rousseau characterize his times?
(a) He says that there is more going on in his times than ever before in history.
(b) He says that his times are close to the end of time.
(c) He says that his times have become complacent, and need to be stimulated by enterprising men.
(d) He says that his times are desperate, and good men will be needed to improve the health of nations.

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

3. What value must Sophy's parents protect for her before she is married?
(a) Her purity.
(b) Her innocence.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her social status.

4. What did the priest feel after he left the church?
(a) Liberation and happiness.
(b) Speculation and doubt.
(c) Desire and self-loathing.
(d) Fear and nostalgia.

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

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

7. Where does Rousseau say a woman's status is highest?
(a) In the birthing room as a midwife.
(b) In any man's job.
(c) In a woman's job.
(d) In the nursery as a mother.

8. How does Emile feel when his tutor assigns him the task that must be completed before he can marry?
(a) Eager.
(b) Displeased.
(c) Daunted.
(d) Afraid.

9. What does Rousseau say is the rule for women?
(a) Overcome yourself.
(b) Bear children and be a good wife.
(c) Arouse strength and activity in men.
(d) Know yourself.

10. What effect will marriage have on Emile?
(a) Getting him out of his apprenticeship.
(b) Entering him into society.
(c) Ameliorating his desires.
(d) Weighing him down with responsibilities.

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

12. What topic does Rousseau treat at the end of Book 4, Chapter 3?
(a) Disease.
(b) Religion.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Sexuality.

13. How does Rousseau say Sophy should be able to take care of her children?
(a) Caring for their physical needs.
(b) Plotting out their education.
(c) Listening to their problems.
(d) Tending to their souls.

14. Why did the priest feel that he had lost his entire religion?
(a) He refused to believe in a religion founded on falsehoods.
(b) He saw it as a whole, and his ideas about sex did not fit.
(c) He was excommunicated by a strict bishop.
(d) He saw himself as too corrupt to be a believer.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sophy's name mean?

3. Why had the priest become a priest?

4. How had Rousseau raised his children?

5. How much freedom do Emile and Sophy have in their courtship?

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